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- noun Alternative form of
double talk .
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Examples
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Is it a matter of counting the votes and deciding it was pointless to try, or is it a matter of shady back-room deals and double-talk?
Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Death of the Public Option 2010
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I'd like Hollywood people to be more forthright and stop using double-talk.
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So where is the public challenge in the media to the hypocrisy, the double-talk from Shelby?
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For the person on the other end it was the difference between being mired by the negative double-talk of the Inner Critic and finishing the story on a high note.
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If you think she has fooled me with some kind of double-talk, you are wrong.
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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Repugs have contributed many new definitions of hypocrisy, double-talk, dissemblance, sanctimony, and insincerity.
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Then, he will reference this double-talk to seem centrist in the general election.
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DeMint at least voices the seething hatred of anything non-Republican, right out loud, no punches pulled, not double-talk.
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These revenues were in the past lumped in with other revenues so while you knew Goldman was making a lot of money taking risk, you never knew just how much so you had to rely on the double-talk from senior executives for the scant details.
Charles Gasparino: Goldman's Empty Promises Charles Gasparino 2011
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If you think she has fooled me with some kind of double-talk, you are wrong.
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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