BS is an abbreviation for ' b u l l s h i t'. [mainly US, informal, rude, disapproval] If you describe something as BS, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue. - The term is often used when someone has to speak or write for a certain length and they have nothing meaningful to say. - Example of use in a sentence: A lot of what we have been hearing from … [Read more...]
Weasel Words
From all sides we are assailed by weasel words and by weasel phrases. These are words and phrases designed to have an emotional impact on people of low intelligence. The word ‘intelligence’ derives from the Latin word, of which the principal parts are: Intelligo, intelligere, intellexi, intellectum. It is not difficult to see that the words, intelligent, intelligence, … [Read more...]