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Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour

The act or fact of equivocating or being evasive

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

Bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly

Plural for confusing word

Plural for a nicer word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt

Plural for equivocation

Plural for words or sentences open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning

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Noun

Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour

currying favour

pats on the back

charm offensive

insincere flattery

bowing and scraping

apple-polishing

excessive deference

extravagant flattery

servile flattery

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Noun

The act or fact of equivocating or being evasive

beating about the bush

shilly-shallying

stalling for time

humming and hawing

dodging the issue

sidestepping the issue

ducking the issue

hemming and hawing

procrastination

inconclusiveness

blowing hot and cold

second thoughts

indeterminateness

lack of resolution

shillyshallying

distrustfulness

mistrustfulness

sitting on the fence

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

faint-heartedness

half-heartedness

lack of enthusiasm

reconsideration

confusion dilemma

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Noun

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

Noun

Bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly

stuff and nonsense

thoughtlessness

meaningless talk

chitter-chatter

incoherent talk

unintelligible language

obscure language

back-fence talk

unintelligible talk

whispering campaign

rumormongering^US

trivial conversation

beauty-parlor chitchat

casual conversation

rumourmongering^UK

pretentiousness

long-windedness

extravagant boasting

chewing the fat

chewing the rag

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Noun

Plural for confusing word

suppressiones veri

“This weasel word was coined by American comedian Stephen Colbert to describe the trend in current politics and popular culture to be a little loosey goosey with the facts.”

Noun

Plural for a nicer word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt

circumlocutions

Noun

Plural for equivocation

Noun

Plural for words or sentences open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning

double-entendres

double meanings

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