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Vague, Slippery, Or Evasive Language 🗣️🪞🥣

⚠️ Modern Weasel Words: Let’s Call Them Out — With Amor We've all done it. 💭 Us too. When we’re scared, tired, or trying to stay “nice,” it’s easy to slide into soft language — palabras suaves — that dance around the truth instead of naming it. But the cost? Disconnection, confusion, and emotional fog. ☁️ Below are the modern-day weasel moves — dressed up in new outfits, but still avoiding the heart of the matter. 🤐 Filter-speak — Filtro emocional: Talking in polished quotes, but never saying how we *really* feel. Often sounds like: “I’m sending you love,” instead of, “I’m hurt and not ready to talk yet.” 🥗 Word salad — Ensalada de palabras: Jumbled, abstract, overthought explanations that make us feel “off,” but we can’t quite say why. 🔄 Spin language — Giro verbal: Reframing something harmful as “a growth opportunity” or “divine timing” to avoid accountability — a.k.a. gaslighting lite. ...