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double-talk (British, American & Australian) also double-speak (mainly American)

a way of speaking that confuses people in order to avoid telling them the truth He said the new train service would run fewer trains, but would provide a better service - sheer double-talk.

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The term double-speak means replacing an offensive word with a less offensive word to create less sting. Doublespeak Words Invoke Emotions by Kurt Mortensen / Advertising, marketing, public relations community My theory is that many chiefs are victims of self-delusion, their own double-speak In the 1980s, they created the term "First Nation" to advance the notion that they were more than mere band councils. Doublespeak: recognize it when you hear it. (Medium Rare) by David, Dan / Wind Speaker			donkey's years doom doom and gloom doom to door door to door door-to-door doornail doors open up doorstep dope dope up dos and don'ts dose doss down dot dot the/ i's and cross the/ t's dote on double double as double back double Dutch double over double up double-dipping Double-speak double-talk doubt doubting Thomas doughnut dovetail with down and dirty down in the dumps down memory lane down on luck down South down the drain Down the hatch Down the hatch! down the line down the little red lane down the pike down the road down the street down the toilet down the tube down to a gnat 's eyebrow down to chili and beans down to the last detail down to the wire down tools			Double-Sideband Double-Sideband Amplitude Modulation Double-Sideband Amplitude Modulation with Suppressed Carrier double-sideband modulation Double-sideband reduced carrier Double-sideband reduced carrier Double-sideband reduced carrier double-sideband reduced-carrier modulation Double-sideband suppressed-carrier Double-sideband suppressed-carrier double-sideband suppressed-carrier modulation double-sideband transmission double-sideband transmitted-carrier modulation double-sided board Double-Sided Clipping Double-Sided Correlated Rician double-sided disk double-sided disk Double-Sided Grill double-slider coupling Double-slit experiment Double-slit experiment Double-slit interference Double-Slot Antenna double-solvent refining double-space double-spaced double-spaces double-spacing Double-speak Double-Spiral Meander Line Double-Square-Loop Element Double-squares and Squares double-step gait double-step gait double-step gait double-step gait Double-Stimulus Continuous Quality Evaluation double-stop double-stopped double-stopping double-stops Double-Strand Break Repair Double-Strand DNA-Binding Protein Double-stranded Double-stranded Double-stranded Double-stranded double-stranded (ds) double-stranded (ds) double-stranded (ds) double-stranded (ds) Double-Stranded DNA Double-stranded RNA Double-stranded RNA Double-stranded RNA Double-stranded RNA Double-Stranded RNA Adenosine Deaminase Double-Stranded RNA-Binding Domain Double-Stranded RNA-Binding Motif

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double-talk (redirected from Double-speak)

double-talk
(redirected from Double-speak)