doublespeak—(also: doubletalk) use deliberately imprecise, ambiguous language to disguise the actual meaning:
- Characterizing Godsey as a “word craftsman” in his responses to the committee’s probes, the report said, “…he has masterfully doublespoken in many instances.”
speak with a double tongue—said of a speech characterized by duplicity, hypocrisy, and double standard:
- Sandra really bungled it when she spoke with a double tongue on the subject of affirmative action, or racial preferences.