How to pronounce “if-by-whiskey”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (US, politics, of a speech, etc.) That equivocates on an issue while appearing to affirm both sides, by asserting that each is correct depending on which of two stated alternatives is used as the definition of a key term.

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