1. weasel word - Noun
2. weasel word - Verb
(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.
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