Search Result for "weasel word":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

weasel word
    n 1: an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an
         outright assertion


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "weasel word":
   ambiguity, amphibology, counterword, dodging, double entendre,
   equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, evasion, fencing,
   parrying, polysemant, portmanteau word, prevarication, pun,
   shuffle, squinting construction, suppressio veri, tergiversation,
   weasel words