in the george orwell book nineteen eighty-four, an unperson is someone who has been vaporized. vaporization is when a person is secretly murdered and from society, the present, the universe, and existence. such a person would be taken out of books, photographs, and articles so that no trace of them is found in the present anywhere – no record of them would be found. this was so that a person who defied the party would be gone from all citizens' memories, even friends and family. there is no newspeak word for what happened to unpeople, therefore it is thoughtcrime to say an unperson's name or think of unpeople.