From the novel:
Miniluv (Ministry of Love)
Minipax (Ministry of Peace)
Miniplenty (Ministry of Plenty)
Minitrue (Ministry of Truth)
UK QUANGO (itself a Newspeak-ish term) entities include:
Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education)
Ofqual (Exam "regulator" which despite its talk, is actually further dumbing down exams)
Ofcom (Office for Communications)
Ofwat (Office for Water, silent on the fluoride issue)
Ofgem (Office for Gas and Electricity Management)
And a little bit of doublethink and crimestop (from the movie Terrorstorm) just to show how Orwell's vision in many ways has become reality:
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