double-talk

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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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Times are tough in Upstate New York, the last thing families need is more double-talk from another career Albany politician like Jim Tedisco who spends their tax money freely on himself, while they are left paying higher taxes each year," said Jennifer Crider, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Tedisco Decries Albany Waste, DCCC Decries Tedisco Waste by Jimmy Vielkind / The New York Observer We can expect a bit of double-talk from Papal advisers if they are operating a cover-up operation. IRISH DAILY Mirror: Church must do all it can to find pervs by The Mirror (London, England) We are still behind the times and being led by the stolid and traditionalist double-standards shown in the controlling blackmail of ecclesiastical double-talk. Letter: Your Say - Sex in the city by Birmingham Mail (England)			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-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 down with a disease			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 Double-Stranded RNA-Specific Adenosine Deaminase double-stream amplifier double-strength glass double-strike double-stroke ruffs double-stroke ruffs Double-struck double-stub tuner Double-stuf Oreos Double-stuf Oreos double-suction pump double-sunk double-superheterodyne reception Double-surfaced double-swing door double-swing frame double-system sound recording Double-Take Command Line Double-Take for Windows Double-Take Software, Inc. double-talk Double-tap Double-taps Double-tax agreement Double-Tax Agreements double-team double-teamed double-teaming double-teams double-theodolite observation Double-threaded Double-Throw double-throw bolt double-throw circuit breaker double-throw switch double-tier partition double-tiered porch double-time Double-Time Green Function double-timed double-times double-timing double-tongue double-tongue double-tongued double-tongued Double-Tongued Word Wrester

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