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weasel word

word that appears meaningful but is vague
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weasel word
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weasel word

Summary

weasel word ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (258 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • weasel word's image is recorded as Weasel words.svg[2].
  • weasel word's subclass of is recorded as word[3].
  • weasel word's Commons category is recorded as Weasel words[4].
  • weasel word's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028brd[5].
  • weasel word's has characteristic is recorded as vagueness[6].
  • weasel word's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06774956-n[7].
  • weasel word's Political Dictionary ID is recorded as weasel-words[8].

Why It Matters

weasel word ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (258 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). weasel word. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/weasel-word
MLA “weasel word.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/weasel-word.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_weasel-word_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{weasel word}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/weasel-word}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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