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  3. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with negative connotations; Category:Sex- and gender ...

  4. Category:Pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    This is a set category.It should only contain pages that are Pejorative terms for people or lists of Pejorative terms for people, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories).

  5. Weasel word - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of a weasel using "weasel words". In this case, "some people" are a vague and undefined authority. 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 said, when in fact only a vague, ambiguous, or irrelevant claim has been communicated.

  6. Vagueness - Wikipedia

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    Since the proof Evans produces relies on the assumption that terms precisely denote vague objects, the implication is that the assumption is false, and so the vague-objects view is wrong. Still by, for instance, proposing alternative deduction rules involving Leibniz's law or other rules for validity some philosophers are willing to defend ...

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    Weasel words are words and phrases aimed at creating an impression that something specific and meaningful has been said, when in fact only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated. A common form of weasel wording is through vague attribution, where a statement is dressed with authority, yet has no substantial basis. Phrases such as ...

  8. Hedge (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Fuzzy language refers to the strategic manipulation of hedges so as to deliberately introduce ambiguity into a statement. Hedges can also be used to express sarcasm as a way of making sentences more vague in written form. Sapphire works really hard. In this sentence, the word really can make the sentence fuzzy depending on the tone of the ...

  9. Postpositive adjective - Wikipedia

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    Names of military operations and equivalent, such as Operation Barbarossa, Operation Desert Storm, etc. Names of scientific projects and the like, such as Project Daedalus, Project Echo; The adjective "adjacent" is occasionally used postpositive to signify a conceptual and vague relation, such as "politics adjacent". [7]