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Complete Definition of "terminological inexactitude"

English
Etymology
Coined by w:Winston Churchill|Winston Churchill campaigning in the w:United Kingdom general election, 1906|1906 election, and repeated by him in the parliament,

This first usage has only the literal sense of inaccurate terminology, but it was almost immediately taken up as a euphemism meaning an outright lie.

Noun
terminological inexactitude

  1. euphemism A lie or falsehood.
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