Scientologese

English Etymology From en Scientology ese. Noun - en informal The jargon used in Scientology. en 20 September 1971 Robert Francis Jones The Prime of Mr. John Brodie w:Sports Illustrated 35 12 New York, N.Y. w:Time Inc. 63 https://archive.org/details/Sports-Illustrated-1971-09-20/page/n72/mode/1up 1–2 0038-822X 1766364 To achieve these ends, the “priests” of Scientology, guide the faithful through an intense and intensive sequence of 15 self-analytical Acts, during which the neophytes clear their mind banks of doubts in the manner of a computer warming up for a new problem. These self-defeating hang-ups are known in Scientologese as “service facsimiles.” en 1975 Lafayette Ron Hubbard Acknowledgement Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary Los Angeles, Calif. Church of Scientology of California 6 https://archive.org/details/dianeticssciento0000hubb/page/6/mode/1up 0-88404-037-2 The Scientologist, sometimes, in using Scientologese abbreviates this to “Ack”; he “acked the person.” en 2013 w:Lawrence Wright Bohemian Rhapsody Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief New York, N.Y. w:Alfred A. Knopf part II (Hollywood) 262 https://archive.org/details/goingclearscient00lawr/page/262/mode/1up 978-0-307-70066-7 Speaking in full-blown Scientologese, he Mark Rathbun wrote, “The end result is unmocked org form, overworked and enturbulated executives and staff.” en Scientology