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word-mincer

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Noun

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word-mincer (plural word-mincers)

  1. Someone who minces words.
    • 1921, Walter Winston Kenilworth, Practical Occultism:
      Life is too short to listen to word-mincers; they are simply philosophical gymnasts who might as easily disprove what they prove while using the same methods of argumentation.