weasel word
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
weasel word
n 1: an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an
outright assertion
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "weasel word":
ambiguity, amphibology, counterword, dodging, double entendre,
equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, evasion, fencing,
parrying, polysemant, portmanteau word, prevarication, pun,
shuffle, squinting construction, suppressio veri, tergiversation,
weasel words
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