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 Re: Animal idioms
hi,
weasel word= a word that someone uses to avoid saying what they really mean;ambiguous word (used intentionally; in other words, a weasel word is used to avoid making a straightforward statement
e.g.
This expression first appeared in Stewart Chaplin's short story Stained Glass Political Platform, published in 1900 in The Century Magazine:
“ Why, weasel words are words that suck the life out of the words next to them, just as a weasel sucks the egg and leaves the shell. ” ( SOURCE: wikipedia)
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