spokesweasel
n.— «To put it simply, and with no intention of being a generational spokesweasel, just pay back the debts and we’ll do the rest. That’s just about the only political issue that we seem to agree about here.» —“Re: A Story” by Carl Beaudry Usenet: alt.society.generation-x Nov. 23, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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