"diplospeak" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1994, Newsweek - Volume 124, Issues 10-18, page 134:",
          "text": "And he knows how to cut through the diplospeak: when Clinton politely asked Russia's Boris Yeltsin for his views on a Caspian Sea gas deal proposed by Chevron Oil.",
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          "ref": "2001, Jose Armilla, Negotiate with Feng Shui, page 124:",
          "text": "The hard-driving Cushing carried the title of \"American Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary\" — diplospeak for President Tyler's man on the spot.",
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          "ref": "2008, John E. Owens, John Dumbrell, America's \"war on Terrorism\":, page 245:",
          "text": "Following his August 2007 talks with President Bush in Washington, Brown fell back on coded diplospeak in their joint press conference.",
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          "ref": "2018, Michael McFaul, From Cold War to Hot Peace:",
          "text": "I defended our policy with journalists and critics, one night engaging in a “frank exchange of views”—to use the diplospeak I would later master as a U.S. ambassador —with Washington Post columnist Bob Kagan and New York Times columnist David Brooks on the merits of our approach.",
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        "Diplomatic language; The careful use of euphemism and noncontroversial language to obscure points that might cause contention."
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