"A weasel word is a word that is intended to, or has the effect of, softening the force of a potentially loaded or otherwise controversial statement. "
"Cowardice asks the question–is it safe? Expediency asks the question–is it politic? Vanity asks the question–is it popular? But conscience asks the question–is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. [bold mine]
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