"couch" = to hedge

[Joel S. Berson]

A humourous bit that turned up when I consulted the OED:

Find word:  couch
6       couch   found in   studio

I have a sense of "couch" like CNN's.  I think it's:

couch, v.1,  15.b. To express in an obscure or veiled way; to cover
up (an idea, meaning, etc.) under, in, etc. (Formerly sometimes with
up: cf. to wrap up.)

At 9/15/2009 11:43 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>CNN reports that Ben Bernanke, "like many economists, has been couching his
>statements."
>
>Till just now, when the declared the recession "very likely over."
>
>JL
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