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-{{g}}Plausible deniability.
+{{g}}[[Plausible deniability]].
-A [[lawyer]]’s “scare quotes”. Knowing looks, and an expression which says “haven’t ''I'' been clever”. It may be followed hard on its heels, with a vigorous bout of [[deem]]ing.
+A [[lawyer]]’s “scare quotes” that say, “we didn’t have this conversation, and if you claim that we did, I will deny all knowledge. But as we both know, we ''did''. But, as far as the boss is concerned, I we didn’t.”
+“Didn’t what?”
+A tap on the nose, a knowing look and a wise expression which says, “''precisely'', my dear fellow. ''Precisely''” .
+[[Hypothetical]]s hail from the same bank of the River Pedantry as “[[equivalence]]” — or should we say, they hail from a bank [[Fungible|fungible with]] the same bank as [[equivalence]] (it seems only fair) — and often are promptly followed by a vigorous bout of [[deem]]ing.
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+*The [[hypothetical broker-dealer]]
+*[[Plausible deniability]]
+*[[Deem]]
 *The [[reasonable man]] (or, for that matter, [[Reasonable woman|woman]])
 *{{sex|Sexy}} language. Sorry, I mean sex''ist'' language.
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