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Weasel words.
If somebody uses vaque and unspecific terms to try to avoid being clear about their position or opinion, they are using weasel words.
Dictionary
weasel wording
verb
Present participle of weasel word
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But given the weasel wording about blame, it is hard to imagine that Pyongyang will listen.
At the end of the week, Governor Walker responded on Twitter with a tweet of a kind that some bright fourteen-year-old has doubtless already dubbed a "tweasel": a seemingly explanatory or apologetic tweet couched in obvious weasel wording: "Both science & my faith dictate my belief that we are created by God.
I have not posted about the whole sorry saga to date because at the end of the day a hack is only a hack, and the press already spends too much time talking and thinking about itself.But something about the weasel wording of Mr Hari's apology today sticks in the craw.
The draft legislation also includes some weasel wording on encryption which throws doubt on the legality of end-to-end encryption, given the bill contains clauses requiring companies to remove 'electronic protection'.
But when interviewed, Berman and other spokespeople offer some weasel wording: they say the bill "effectively" takes away the right to a secret ballot, invoking the myth of union intimidation.
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In other words, I weasel-worded it.
Misleading weasel words?
Not exactly weasel words.
These are weasel words.
Weasel words from the Vulcan.
The weasel word here is "distinctive".
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