double-talk

double-talk
{n.} 1. Something said that is worded, either on purpose or by accident, so that it may be understood in two or more different ways. * /The politician avoided the question with double-talk./ 2. Something said that does not make sense; mixed up talk or writing; nonsense. * /The man's explanation of the new tax bill was just a lot of double-talk./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • double talk — 1938, from DOUBLE (Cf. double) + TALK (Cf. talk) …   Etymology dictionary

  • double-talk — n [U] speech that is complicated and can have more than one meaning, sometimes used deliberately to deceive or confuse people British Equivalent: double speak ▪ legal double talk …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • double talk — ☆ double talk n. 1. ambiguous and deceptive talk 2. deliberately confusing or unintelligible talk made up of a mixture of real words and meaningless syllables …   English World dictionary

  • double-talk — talk that appears to have meaning but does not He gave the audience a lot of double talk so nobody knew what he wanted to say …   Idioms and examples

  • double-talk — [n] nonsense communicated amphibiology, balderdash, baloney*, bull*, drivel, equivocation, flimflam*, gibberish, jazz*, mumbo jumbo*, rigmarole; concept 278 Ant. sense, straight talk …   New thesaurus

  • double talk — index jargon (unintelligible language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • double talk — double ,talk noun uncount a way of saying things that make it impossible for people to understand, used by people in official positions when they want to hide the truth …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • Double-talk — For Pig Latin like code , double talk, see Gibberish (language game). Not to be confused with Doublespeak. Double talk is a form of speech in which inappropriate, invented or nonsense words are used to give the appearance of erudition and so… …   Wikipedia

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