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doubletalk
This term carries a strong negative connotation of dishonesty or evasion. It is most frequently used in political or corporate contexts to describe speech that sounds authoritative but lacks actual substance, designed to stall for time or mislead the listener without telling an outright lie.
In its more technical or social sense, it refers to a linguistic game or a secret code. While the political sense is about deception, the coded sense is about exclusivity and privacy. Grammatically, this noun is treated as uncountable; you would refer to a piece of doubletalk or an instance of doubletalk rather than using a plural form.
Meanings
Examples
Stop with the doubletalk and tell me exactly what happened.
The politician responded to the question with a stream of doubletalk.
I cannot tell if he is being honest or just engaging in doubletalk.
The corporate memo was filled with doubletalk to hide the layoffs.
The suspects used a kind of street doubletalk to confuse the officers.
It sounded like a secret code, a strange form of doubletalk known only to them.
She suspected the lawyer was using doubletalk to mislead the jury.