Meanings

sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period)

heroic words

words and deeds of the people of yore

backlink

in a word

as everyone knows

to find fault with other people rather than oneself

to go without saying

or rather (say)

those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion

needless to say

to be beyond words

to equivocate

needless to say

what is called

having said that

paralanguage

eyewitness testimony

Russell-Einstein Manifesto

hypothesis