What is it called when you tell the truth in a misleading 'nice' way?
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Is there a verb for making a statement/sentence milder or "dumbing it down"?
104588
What's the term for denying something so as to raise doubt?
45634
Phrase for focusing on unimportant details
153610
Word for exaggerating a response
32490
What do you call exaggerations like "I'm starving"?
15450
What's a word for avoiding a question with a generic (fake) answer?
105087
What could be the correct idiom for expressing that someone is baking up false allegations without evidence?
149013
A verb meaning "Answering question in a way that doesn't answer it"
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What's the name for a part of speech which is not quite rhetorical, but not expected to be answered directly, either?
49339
Is there a saying or idiom for "trying to get the truth from someone by lying"?
134204
What is the name of a word that doesn't mean what it says?
39113
What is an "anecdote" as opposed to a "joke"?
46068
How should "deceptively" actually be used?
60052
Is there a word for a question asked despite knowing the answer, but meant to elicit a response for the sake of the audience?
115590
What's a common phrase that means "To put it simply though not 100% correctly"?
40589
What should we call language that intentionally conveys the opposite of the literal meaning?
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Word or idiom for someone holding (seemingly) contradictory views