tS=She laughed at his explanation of the Persident's <b>tergiversations</b>.<br><br>'A swivel chair,' says Caroline Hull, 'enables one to indulge in gratuitous unmannerly <b>tergiversation</b>.'&tQ=<b>Tergiversation</b> refers to:&tC=A joke|A declaration of policy|A change in opinion|A sexual advance|An ambivalent statement&cC=3&fB=A <b>tergiversation</b> is a change of attitude or opinions, an evasion. <b>Tergiversation</b> is pronounced tuhr-jihv-uhr-SAY-shun.
