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weasel word

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weasel word
n.
An equivocal word used to deprive a statement of its force or to evade a direct commitment.
[From the weasel's habit of sucking the contents out of an egg without breaking the shell.]
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Noun1.weasel word - an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion
reservation, qualification - a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations"
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I get very angry when I hear either the Prime Minister or the Defence Secretary sporting their weasel words of condolence.
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The intent of a user of weasel words is for the listener or reader to hear or read something that they never said or wrote, or something far beyond it.
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Target is a weasel word that contrives to give the impression of something being done.
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