secret squirrel

noun

Etymology

From Secret Squirrel, a 1960s secret-agent cartoon character parodying James Bond.

Definitions

  1. 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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