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weasel word

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1. weasel word - Noun

2. weasel word - Verb

Meaning

(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.

Synonym: hedge
Hypernym: qualifier

weasel word (third-person singular simple present weasel words, present participle weasel wording, simple past and past participle weasel worded)

To use weasel words.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap. Daniel Berrigan

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