Word of the Day for Monday, June 8, 2009
tergiversation \tuhr-jiv-uhr-SAY-shuhn\, noun:
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1. The act of practicing evasion or of being deliberately ambiguous.
1. The act of practicing evasion or of being deliberately ambiguous.
2. The act of abandoning a party or cause.
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The B.O. is the king of teleprompter tergiversation and weaselly circumlocution!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Tergiversation comes from Latin tergiversatus, past participle of tergiversari, "to turn one's back, to shift," from tergum, "back" + versare, frequentative of vertere, "to turn." The verb form is tergiversate.
Tergiversation comes from Latin tergiversatus, past participle of tergiversari, "to turn one's back, to shift," from tergum, "back" + versare, frequentative of vertere, "to turn." The verb form is tergiversate.
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