Weasel Word

Now I'm actually depending, of course, on that weasel-word "most" impressed. ❋ Ian Fletcher (2012)

Look at how every weak “compliment” she pays to the author (so that she can seem even-handed) is undercut by either a weasel-word like “somewhat” that negates the positive, or an outright negative.:: shudders:: It gave me the creeps to read it (her review, not yours which actually was even-handed). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Neatly ambiguous: what does that weasel-word "allies" encompass? ❋ Unknown (2010)

As an aside, the weasel-word "probably" is what got those ads aboard some British buses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This may be a rare instance where that old bureaucratic weasel-word, “inappropriate,” is appropriate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Slightly curious that it moves anti-climactically from open source to open standards, with the dreaded "interoperability" - Microsoft's favouriate weasel-word - slithering in. ❋ Glyn Moody (2008)

First, it offers security, then it takes it away with a great big "but," the all encompassing weasel-word used to get out of a commitment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Hopefully my weasel-word quotient is dropping with this comment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He uses the weasel-word "mainly" to qualify the statement, and I'd agree: relying mainly on military means to win our Arctic sovereignty disputes is poor policy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

After, that is, they figure out how to weasel-word it appropriately? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Indeed, the term at times has threatened to become a weasel-word of the first magnitude. ❋ David Warsh (1993)

But my weasel-word alert had been triggered with some claims in her campaign literature that employed potentially deceptive phrases like "providing greater access" to health care and ❋ By MARK LANDSBAUM (2010)

Instead she disguises this purpose with the weasel-word "skill". ❋ Ruth Collins (2010)

December: runs weasel-word mea culpa in Automotive News:, we acknowledge we have disappointed you. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Republicans] are in [favor] of "Strong [Family Values]" ❋ Honor (2005)

When you say "Solely for the purposes of confirmation of the [Amended] Plan, and for no other purpose, the Parties agree that they will not assert that the [Springing] [Lien] Trigger Date has occurred," you are using weasel words. ❋ Pseudonym1415 (2018)

[I will] not be [tricked] by weasel words this [time]. ❋ Light Joker (2006)

Did you catch that legend [carve up] [Caroline] at the hearing? Caroline? The [weasel words] chick? Yeah, that Caroline. Nah mate, couldn't cop all the gibberish. ❋ DontBeaMaurice (2020)

Common word weasels include graduates of [artsy fartsy] programs currently serving french fries and wondering how they'll pay for their $50,000 [student loan] for [puppetry]. ❋ LookDumbass (2011)