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Greynomad
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Post by Greynomad »

Learned a new word today:
tergiversate.

Politicians do it all the time. 😁
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verbal diarrhoea ??
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Greynomad wrote:Learned a new word today:
tergiversate.

Politicians do it all the time. [emoji16]
Wow, never heard that word before. If I had I might have a clue how to pronounce it.
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I just googled it. Great answer.
I wonder why none of us had ever heard of it before. It would seem that politicians and our legal system do this almost all of the time.
Direct from a Google search page.

Synonyms for tergiversate
Synonyms
equivocate, fudge, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle, weasel
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Examples of tergiversate in a Sentence
shamelessly tergiversating, the witness replied, “Well, it depends upon what your definition of ‘truth’ is”
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Well spotted Dave.

Unfortunately, I think you've used the British Google site.
The Australian google site has a little more info.


Synonyms for tergiversate
Synonyms
equivocate, fudge, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle, weasel

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Examples of tergiversate in a Sentence
shamelessly tergiversating, the witness replied, “Well, it depends upon what your definition of ‘truth’ is”

Homonym: tergivearates
Synonyms
uninterested, tuned out,

Examples of tergivearates in a Sentence
The politician was shamelessly tergiversating and pub audience seemed not tergivearats.
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