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Old 10-19-2010, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
Ogliotherapeutic? Just a big word for these products. It seems to be a new adjective applied to homeopathic products...and is rather dumbfounding IMO. Big words to impress people and get them to buy it.
I searched NT for "weasel words" (words used in advertising, and/or to pad out sentences, that have no sustantial meaning, but sound like they do) but all I found was one post that mentioned their use.

The website mentioned in the OP is rife with them. I also noted that the ingredient list is entirely in LATIN! Who does that anymore except someone trying to obfuscate? (big word for 'confuse' chosen to make a wry point).

Since I find no article on weasle words (I'd be happy to write one but there are so many excellent ones already out there), I invite everyone who's not familiar with the term to do a web search on "weasle words -ferret" (without quotes) and have an enlightening and enjoyable read.
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