weasel words



weasel words

  (mainly American)
words that you use to avoid answering a question or to deceive someone She was too experienced an interviewer to be taken in by the weasel words of crafty politicians.
See also: weasel, word

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eutychos-Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Ceadda-Anglo-Saxon
AilÍN-Irish
Aritra-Bengali
CĂTĂLina-Romanian
Maximilianus-Ancient Roman