IWVPA Club Theme Project

November 2005: EQUIVOCATE

Example: please stop equivocating and give me a straight answer.

Definition: Evade; avoid the issue; hedge; stall; dodge; beat about the bush; be ambiguous; mince words; prevaricate.

Origin: from the Latin words – aequus (equal, even) and vox (voice) – to have two equal voices, hence to have a double meaning, to be purposely misleading or vague