code-words

Likewise, there was once a good living to be made by people like me explaining genetics at the molecular level: all about hydrogen bonds, four-letter alphabets, three-letter code-words and A's, C's, G's and T's.

Microchips Are Old Hat. Can Tweets Be Far Behind? Matt Ridley 2011

We have no problem calling you racists “racist” and seeing through * your* various code-words.

Matthew Yglesias » Monetary Policy, Dixie-Style 2010

But aside from these code-words, the language is likely to remain overtly hawkish, which means very little reason to sell the euro, it said.

Asia Mixed Amid Weak Commodities, Pre-ECB Meeting Shri Navaratnam 2011

She had been operating for years, and knew only two code-words; one for the drop and another for the pick-up.

Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

And your code-words "smooth-talking" do not go unnoticed.

Bill Clinton: Are Caucuses More Important Than Primaries? 2009

The GOPpers have played the race card for the last 40 years and have world-class experience in developing code-words and code-images that mask racial bigotry.

GOP To Continue Using Obama To Bash Down-Ticket Dems 2009

That is my greatest fear as they use code-words and labels.

As an Irish lass, I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with my kin, Barack Obama 2008

But the thing is, the more separate and isolated they become from the bulk of American culture, the easier they are to manipulate, especially when the powerful comprehend the underlying code-words, and use it to further their own power.

Deanie Mills: The Religious Right-Wing Has Already Seceded from the Country 2008

The silly code-words exchanged, he moved sideways over the cushions and gripped my hand with his massive paw.

Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008

The code-words of the Enlightenment were used to mask a darker agenda, and that agenda was to remove any regulation, for good or ill, that interfered with “maximizing profit.”

Abraham Lincoln-Ron Paul... is there a connection? 2008