English-German translations for weasel word

• schwammiger Begriff der
  Für Millionen ist Flexicurity ein schwammiger Begriff, ein Codewort für Ausbeutung, Unsicherheit und Ungewissheit. For millions flexicurity is a weasel word, a codeword for exploitation, insecurity and uncertainty.
• Wieselwort

Definition of weasel word

• A word that negates or removes the meaning of the word it qualifies
• A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal or misleading
• To use weasel words

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