secret squirrel
nounEtymology
From Secret Squirrel, a 1960s secret-agent cartoon character parodying James Bond.
Definitions
Someone who is being secretive.
- I said, ‘Well, you can say what you like about Joe, I've never known him to give anything away — even when he should have done because I was working with him! Secret squirrel syndrome we used to call it in the army.’
- Christian was working on some Secret Squirrel project with Mike, and Wayne had his headphones in and was coding furiously.
- Hypnosis, contrary to perceptions perpetuated by the media, is not some highly guarded secret-squirrel procedure that loses its efficacy once the "truth" is exposed.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA