weasel word

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(derogatory, dated) A word that negates or removes the meaning of the word it qualifies. / (derogatory) A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal, or misleading.

Politicians often use weasel words to avoid giving a direct answer.

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(derogatory, dated) A word that negates or removes the meaning of the word it qualifies.

Weasel words are words that suck all of the life out of the words next to them just as a weasel sucks an egg and leaves the shell.

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(derogatory) A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal, or misleading.

In scrapping HS2's eastern leg and descoping Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), Prime Minister Boris Johnson's frequent and unambiguous promises to build both have been exposed for the weasel words they were.

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