In rhetoric, a weasel word, or anonymous authority, is a word or phrase aimed at creating an impression that something specific and meaningful has been...
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Weasels /ˈwiːzəlz/ are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets,...
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Look up weasel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A weasel is a small carnivorous mammal. Weasel may also refer to: Weasel Gap, Prince Charles Mountains...
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Benford's law (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Benford's law, also known as the Newcomb–Benford law, the law of anomalous numbers, or the first-digit law, is an observation that in many real-life sets...
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Ronald Reagan (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from...
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BBC World Service (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception...
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2025 German federal election (category Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from January 2025)
Federal elections in Germany will be held on 23 February 2025 to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag. Originally scheduled for 28 September 2025...
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John Part (category Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from April 2023)
John Part (born 29 June 1966) is a Canadian former professional darts player and current commentator, as well as competing in World Seniors events. Nicknamed...
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier /ˈbuːvieɪ/; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as...
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College Football Playoff (category Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from December 2023)
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate...
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Robert the Bruce (category Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from July 2015)
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart am Brusach), was King of Scots from 1306 until his...
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Chrysler Hemi engine (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
The Chrysler Hemi engine, known by the trademark Hemi or HEMI, refers to a series of high-performance American overhead valve V8 engines built by Chrysler...
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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi (pronunciation Arabic: عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي, ʿAbdu l-Bāsiṭ Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Maqraḥī; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012)...
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Wilhelm II (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication...
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BRICS (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and...
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Samsung (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Samsung Group (Korean: 삼성; Hanja: 三星; RR: samseong [samsʌŋ]; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered...
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Debbie Gibson (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Deborah Ann Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She released her debut album Out of the Blue (1987) at age 16...
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New Year (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event...
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Switzerland (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to...
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Borderline personality disorder (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive, long-term pattern of significant interpersonal relationship...
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Azerbaijan (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is...
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"Pop! Goes the Weasel" (Roud 5249) is a traditional English and American song, a country dance, nursery rhyme, and singing game that emerged in the mid-19th...
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Wu-Tang Clan (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop musical collective formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. Its members include RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon...
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Billy Joel (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his signature 1973 song of the same...
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Airbus (category Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from November 2021)
Airbus SE (/ˈɛərbʌs/ AIR-buss; French: [ɛʁbys] ; German: [ˈɛːɐ̯bʊs] ; Spanish: [ˈejɾβus]) is a European aerospace corporation. The company's primary business...
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Lawrence of Arabia (film) (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic biographical adventure drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom (also...
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Anne Frank (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (German: [ˈanə(liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk] , Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk] ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945)...
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Peter Frampton (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands...
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Rhodesia (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
Rhodesia (/roʊˈdiːʒə/ roh-DEE-zhə, /roʊˈdiːʃə/ roh-DEE-shə; Shona: Rodizha), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in...
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Single transferable vote (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote...
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