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to give the appearance of truth whilst protecting the speaker from attack or legal redress they are very common in advertising sales(passive) are designedWeasel words
outspoken Aussie determinationto preventweasel words
AKA “ the – ing thingcreatesweasel words
opponents who for a lack of evidence resort to using emotional appeals in order to try to sway neutral viewers into the argument(passive) designed byweasel words
to convey an element of authority which does not really exist(passive) are designedWeasel words
the past tensecan createweasel words
resurgent imperialists(passive) invented byweasel words
to make the customer feel more positive about the product or service without making any concrete statement about the quality(passive) are designedWeasel words
a large percentagecomposedof weasel words
some spin doctor(passive) composed byweasel words
the specter of antitrust actions pastis influencingthe weasel words
allegations of sexual or financial misconduct(passive) have most often been prompted byWeasel words
an impression that something specific and meaningful has been said , when in fact only a vague or ambiguous claimcreatingan impression that something specific and meaningful has been said , when in fact only a vague or ambiguous claim
to hide the fact that your vehicle is a station wagondesignedto hide the fact that your vehicle is a station wagon
to a false impressionleadingto a false impression
an impression that a specific or meaningful statement has been made , when only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated , enabling the specific meaning to be denied if the statement is challengedcreatean impression that a specific or meaningful statement has been made , when only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated , enabling the specific meaning to be denied if the statement is challenged
to mislead the public about conservationdesignedto mislead the public about conservation
to give an impression of direction of travel , without really meaning itdesignedto give an impression of direction of travel , without really meaning it
to give the impression that the full fibre rollout in Tasmania would be delivered without them explicitly saying sodesignedto give the impression that the full fibre rollout in Tasmania would be delivered without them explicitly saying so
to hide the Government 's intentions behind a smokescreendesignedto hide the Government 's intentions behind a smokescreen
an impression but can allow their author to ‘ weasel ’ out of any specific meaning if challengedcreatean impression but can allow their author to ‘ weasel ’ out of any specific meaning if challenged
to delay , obscure , and otherwise mislead the citizenry from the issues until the next election is overdesignedto delay , obscure , and otherwise mislead the citizenry from the issues until the next election is over
to give the appearance of truth whilst protecting the speaker from attackare designedto give the appearance of truth whilst protecting the speaker from attack
to mislead the public and the media and cover up the fact that they have made things far worsedeliberately designedto mislead the public and the media and cover up the fact that they have made things far worse
to delay , obscure , confound , and otherwise mislead the citizenry from the issue of illegal immigrationdesignedto delay , obscure , confound , and otherwise mislead the citizenry from the issue of illegal immigration
to give the White House cover on whatever narrative it chose to put outdesignedto give the White House cover on whatever narrative it chose to put out
an impression that something meaningful has been said , when in fact , only vague or ambiguous ideas and concepts have been communicatedcreatean impression that something meaningful has been said , when in fact , only vague or ambiguous ideas and concepts have been communicated
mental permission to concede ... give in , rather than to find the personal resolve to solve the problem at handcan createmental permission to concede ... give in , rather than to find the personal resolve to solve the problem at hand
to fudgedesignedto fudge
via Wordlediscoveredvia Wordle
stuck on the fog with busy performwill causestuck on the fog with busy perform
stuck from the fog associated with busywill causestuck from the fog associated with busy
some kind of idea that something specific or meaningful has been expressedcreatesome kind of idea that something specific or meaningful has been expressed
wiggle roomcreatewiggle room
to make ‘ them ’ seem irrational and impossible to deal with in any way except a forceful onedesignedto make ‘ them ’ seem irrational and impossible to deal with in any way except a forceful one
other problems in the textoften createother problems in the text
to sow seeds of doubt in his minddesignedto sow seeds of doubt in his mind
to make ‘ Arabs ’ seem irrational and impossible to deal with in any way except a forceful onedesignedto make ‘ Arabs ’ seem irrational and impossible to deal with in any way except a forceful one
in order to get a pervy peek at my bumdesignedin order to get a pervy peek at my bum
to elevate the sayerdesignedto elevate the sayer
to obfuscatedesignedto obfuscate
to indirectly say that there is , in fact , no confidence in the statementdesignedto indirectly say that there is , in fact , no confidence in the statement
to pacify the South Africansdesignedto pacify the South Africans
to allow a reversaldesignedto allow a reversal
to create an illusion of clear communicationdesignedto create an illusion of clear communication
to substitute for positions on specific issuesdesignedto substitute for positions on specific issues
to stop you from making a claimdesignedto stop you from making a claim
clear reasoning - such as " genuinepreventclear reasoning - such as " genuine
to ward off action for another yeardesignedto ward off action for another year
to sweep the issue under the rugdesignedto sweep the issue under the rug
to everyone supplying their own meaningleadto everyone supplying their own meaning
to empty statementledto empty statement