- weasel word as a noun:
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weasel word
noun
1 weasel word
An equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion.
Dutch: vaagtaal
Moby thesaurus: ambiguity, amphibology, counterword, dodging, double entendre, equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, evasion, fencing, parrying, polysemant, portmanteau word, prevarication, pun, shuffle, squinting construction, suppressio veri, tergiversation ... show more.
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