They're what I've seen Wikipedia editors call 'weasel words' [1] when there's no definite source for a statistic yet someone is attempting to convey an air of a

They're what I've seen Wikipedia editors call 'weasel words' [1] when there's no definite source for a statistic yet someone is attempting to convey an air of authority. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word