"slanter" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2000, Richard L. Epstein, The Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking, page 7:",
          "text": "Slanters turn off those you want to convince — it's like preaching to the converted. Worse, though they may work for the moment, they don't stick. Without reinforcement, the other person will remember only the joke or jibe.",
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          "ref": "2013, Guy Gibbon, Critically Reading the Theory and Methods of Archaeology, page 73:",
          "text": "Downplayers, like weaselers, innuendo, loaded questions, and other slanters, can be used intentionally to make something less significant or worthy than it is. In other situations their use adds spark and perhaps a bit of humor […]",
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