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== External links == * [[Mario Pei|Pei, Mario]] (1978) [https://archive.org/details/weaselwordsartof0000peim_v4w7 Weasel Words: The Art of Saying What You Don't Mean]. New York: Harper & Row. Classic work by the well-known Columbia University linguist. * Jason, Gary (1988) [http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2649/2090 "Hedging as a Fallacy of Language"], ''Informal Logic'' X.3, Fall 1988 *[http://www.weaselwords.com.au/ Weasel Words] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017175820/http://www.weaselwords.com.au/ |date=17 October 2023 }} by Australian author [[Don Watson]] {{Media manipulation}} {{Propaganda}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weasel Word}} [[Category:Ambiguity]] [[Category:Deception]] [[Category:English phrases]] [[Category:Political terminology]] [[Category:Pejorative terms]] [[Category:Propaganda techniques using words]] [[Category:Metaphors referring to animals]] [[Category:Rhetorical techniques]]
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