weasel-words

The CMF have used weasel-words 'may cause' and 'plausible' but once the spectre of cancer is raised, it is hard to exorcise.

Lying for Jesus? The Christian Medical Fellowship on Abortion TK 2009

The CMF have used weasel-words 'may cause' and 'plausible' but once the spectre of cancer is raised, it is hard to exorcise.

Archive 2009-07-01 TK 2009

This entire article, from headline on to byline is made up of weasel-words.

Nagourney Responds: We Are "Comfortable" With Our Story, Though Headline Was Imperfect 2009

Why the weasel-words at the end? by Brian Mallon on Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 at 2: 13: 17 PM

Which Side Are You On? 2009

But having said that, Wolfson's weasel-words do little to set my mind at ease on this.

Hillary Spokesperson Wolfson Strongly Denies Campaign Officially Pushed Obama Turban Pic 2009

"Crap," in this context, is defined as everything from lies to weasel-words to inexplicably weird nonsense.

Bob Cesca: McCain's Economic Plan: Blurt Out Random Crap 2008

It is the King of weasel-words because it implies "an awful lot" but is in fact meaningless.

Coffins on wheels Richard 2006

And yes, those tell-tale weasel-words "software choice" do indeed mean that this is an organisation partly funded by Microsoft to do down free software at every opportunity under the guise of "balance", "choice" and - supreme irony - "freedom".

Red in Tooth and Claw glyn moody 2007

And yes, those tell-tale weasel-words "software choice" do indeed mean that this is an organisation partly funded by Microsoft to do down free software at every opportunity under the guise of "balance", "choice" and - supreme irony - "freedom".

Archive 2007-02-01 glyn moody 2007

Of course, Kyl's ad weasel-words this claim by saying "liberals like..." so he isn't saying Pederson gave the money to them, but only, to paraphrase Miracle Max, mostly did.

Archive 2006-05-01 2006