hedge when you are worried you might say something incorrect

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Aug 29, 2014 at 21:21	vote	accept	Adrian
Aug 28, 2014 at 5:33	answer	added	Sven Yargs		timeline score: 2
Aug 27, 2014 at 23:20	comment	added	SrJoven		Also, don't apologize in advance. (While you're at it, don't thank in advance, either, but that's another topic.)
Aug 27, 2014 at 23:09	answer	added	James Waldby - jwpat7		timeline score: 1
Aug 27, 2014 at 22:08	comment	added	Kristina Lopez		Actually, I think @Oldcat's right, but maybe you just need the right phrase to use those words. I'd say "Don't preface everything with a disclaimer" or "You don't need to couch every response with a caveat"
Aug 27, 2014 at 21:29	comment	added	Oldcat		disclaimer, caveat and hedge are already words for disclaimers, caveats, and hedges. There's no need for another.
Aug 27, 2014 at 21:24	answer	added	Edwin Ashworth		timeline score: 0
Aug 27, 2014 at 20:58	comment	added	FumbleFingers		In linguistic terms, a hedge is a mitigating word or sound used to lessen the impact of an utterance. Arguably that's a somewhat technical usage that wouldn't necessarily be either used or understood by most people, but practically everyone would be familiar with "Stop hedging!" used to mean "Stop beating around the bush! Give me a straight answer!".
Aug 27, 2014 at 20:41	comment	added	Dan Bron		The word "disclaimer" from your title seems most apt to me. For obscure vocabulary words which mean "starting a statement with a hypocritical and disingenuous denial", try "aphophasis" on for size.
Aug 27, 2014 at 20:35	answer	added	Magari96		timeline score: 0
Aug 27, 2014 at 20:14	review	First posts
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Aug 27, 2014 at 20:12	history	asked	Adrian	CC BY-SA 3.0