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DEFINITION: n A lie told by a politician which is not really a lie, because in their heart of hearts, they are pretending it is true. v. To believe you are telling the truth even though you know it's really not.

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Defactualize

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: de/fact/choo/uh/lahyz

Sentence: Good politicians are able to defactualize freely and sincerely about any and every situation in order to gain the upper hand and score political points, depending on who they are talking to.

Etymology: DEFACTUALIZE - verb - from DE (do, or make the opposite of; reverse) + FACT (reality; truth) + CONCEPTUALIZE (a general notion or idea formed in the mind)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent word! It is certainly one we could use in real life. I can see a politician explaining that he wasn't lying, it was just a simple matter of "defactualization". - wordmeister, 2008-06-12: 10:20:00

I think you just invented a bew buzz word, Stevenson0! - Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:39:00

I meant NEW buzz word - Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:39:00

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Fauxquacious

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: fo KWAY shus

Sentence: Polly Tishan was impressively fauxquacious as she described her plan to help all the "needy and deserving citizens" of Texas by providing tax breaks to the poor and increasing taxes for the "greedy oil companies," whose campaign donations she would henceforth refuse.

Etymology: faux + loquacious

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COMMENTS:

Fauxdacious word - Nosila, 2009-10-08: 23:05:00

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Reaganphonics

Created by: buck180

Pronunciation: ray/gan/FON/iks

Sentence: Although what the politician said was not entirely true, his eloquence as he reaganphonocized lent such credibility to his address that even his detractors were swayed.

Etymology: From President REAGAN, who was master at his political game and took the manipulation of PHONICS (the study of sounds and words) to new heights. Also a play on the term reaganomics.

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Heartfeltdootspeak

Created by: joshms

Pronunciation: heart-felt-doot-speak

Sentence: Everything that comes out of Blair's mouth is complete heartfeltdootspeak

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Doubledupe

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dubbl/doop

Sentence: His argument that subways were inhabited by zombies was so convincing that it became a doubledupe and he always had to take the bus

Etymology: double + dupe and dupe + double

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COMMENTS:

I like that! - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:55:00

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Truthbending

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: truth bending

Sentence: this guy believes himself, he is obviously truthbending

Etymology: truth en bending

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Welmeanie

Created by: Tanik

Pronunciation: wel-mee-nee

Sentence: I just feel so sorry for the people who believed his welmeanies.

Etymology: well-meaning-lie

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COMMENTS:

Good one! Good double meaning... - wordmeister, 2008-06-12: 09:48:00

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Belieffib

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Bee-leef-fib

Sentence: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," said the president, who must have had a different definition of the term than the rest of the English-speaking world.

Etymology: Belief + fib

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