Word of the Day – Equivocate

Equivocate (verb)

ee-kwiv-ok-ate

Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.

Taken from the late Latin aequivocat meaning ‘called by the same name’ I think this perfectly describes ‘Politician Speak’.

Example sentences

“Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides.”

“No matter how the important questions are put to him, he equivocates and prevaricates until no one remembers what the question was in the first place.”