How to pronounce “weasel word”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (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.
• [Verb]
• To use weasel words.

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