"There have always been words swilling around the culturallexiconsignalling artifice and there are others around at the moment. Prefacing a package with 'I would like to say' or 'To be honest' are hardy perennials. But 'so' is the weasel word of the moment, spreading into general usage....
I think if the fact is clearly indisputable, then a writer should avoid using ambiguous weasel words. It does start to sound like a cop out if every sentence contains "most" or "some" or "possibly". But I can understand where playing it safe with a qualifier might prevent some angry re...
A formal phrase used to inquire into the purpose of someone's visit, whether it is a welcome one or not.Professor Goodwin! Why, I haven't seen you in nearly five years. To what do I owe the pleasure?A: "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Chief Inspector Hugo." B: "Good evening...
Tick-box, weasel words, or a transformative experience? Insights into what educators consider the real impact of HEA FellowshipsABSTRACTAbby CathcartMark DransfieldSarah FloydLaurie-Anne CampbellRachael CarkettVicky DaviesRos DuhsFiona Smart
“This is the point where the line will cut the vertical axis.” Verb ▲ To bring to an end discontinue cease halt quit stop suspend terminate abandon abolish axUS axeUK cancel conclude interrupt kill can close drop end scrub break off disconnect finish withdraw withhold give up pack in pac...
Needsynonyms for boor? Here's a list ofsimilar wordsfrom ourthesaurusthat you can use instead. Contexts A rough and generally bad-mannered person A dishonorable or morally reprehensible person An unsophisticated or uncultured person, typically from a rural town or area ...
John is like a weasel. (something islikesomething else) John is a weasel. (somethingissomething else) Her focus was like a laser. (something islikesomething else) Her focus was a laser. (somethingissomething else) Her laser-likefocus fixed on her rivals. ...
LittleWeasel is more than just a spell checker for words (and word blocks, i.e. groups of words); LittleWeasel provides information about a particular word(s) through its API. LittleWeasel allows you to apply preprocessing to words through any number of
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Weasel words are words that suck the life out of the words around them. Like ‘effective’, ‘optimize’, ‘capacity’, ‘streamline’ or ‘best practice’. In general, they’re annoying, but in goal-setting they are downright dangerous. ...