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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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Bullegit
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: bull-le-git
Sentence: Bush gave his State of the Union speech, full of bullegit statements, pertaining to global warning.
Etymology: bull sh**/legit, slang for truth
Internalies
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: inturn/a/lize
Sentence: The politician lost all sense of fact and fiction because he had told so many internalies
Etymology: internalize + lies
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COMMENTS:
Definitely a Bentley from Porsche! Great word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-22: 09:03:00
how true - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-22: 16:06:00
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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
Aletheadicate
Created by: personak
Pronunciation: uh-lith-ee-AD-ih-cate
Sentence: It's obvious he's aletheadicating.
Etymology: Combination of "alethe" and "adicate" "alethe" from Greek "alethea" - true; "adicate" from Greek "adikeo" - wrong
Defibelation
Created by: bedens
Pronunciation: Dee-FIB-uh-lay-shun
Sentence: 1. (n.) "I voted with the best interest of my constituents in mind", he said with defibelation. 2. (v.) Johnny J. Politician defibilated when stating his position on health care reform.
Etymology: De (to remove) - fib (an untruth) - elation (with joy or happiness). Also incorporates part of "defibrillation", which is the act of restoring the heart to its normal rhythm.
Politrick
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: politrick
Sentence: He politricked himself to believe in everything he said.
Etymology: politic + trick
Oratoratifib
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: awr-uh-te-rat-uh-fib
Sentence: "I am not a crook," Nixon oratoratifibbed.
Etymology: orator (public speaker) + ratify (to confirm by expressing consent) + fib (a small or trivial lie)
Verbile
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: ver - bahyl
Sentence: The audience felt like they needed a shower after the latest eruption of verbile from the governor's mouth.
Etymology: Verbal - Bile Wash your mouth out with soap.
Simultruth
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: sim-il-trooth
Sentence: "Read my lips: no new taxes"
Etymology: simulate + truth
Inventruth
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: in-ven-trooth
Sentence: The candidate is famous for his use of inventruth. He is so good at it that his own mother is beginning to doubt her memory of her son's early life.
Etymology: invent (to produce or create with the imagination) + truth (conformity with fact or reality)
