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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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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)
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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Diplolegory
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: dip-lo-ligri
Sentence: Common people take every word true which springs out of the political leader but they dont understand that its just a diplolegory and nothing.
Etymology: Diplomat = one who is skilled in dealing public or exterior matters. Allegory means the statement which means differently than what it seems on the suface.
Simultruth
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: sim-il-trooth
Sentence: "Read my lips: no new taxes"
Etymology: simulate + truth
Liewinski
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: l eye win skeee
Sentence: he couldn't explain why the liewinskies always left a funny taste in his mouth.
Etymology: lie Lewinski
Heartfeltdootspeak
Created by: joshms
Pronunciation: heart-felt-doot-speak
Sentence: Everything that comes out of Blair's mouth is complete heartfeltdootspeak
Etymology:
Flib
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: flib
Sentence: Man, Bush tells a lot of flibs, but you just know he's convinced they're not lies.
Etymology: fib + glib
Clintonism
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Klin-ton-izem
Sentence: Although being caught red-handed as it were, Rupert De Soussa, the MP for Lustington South continued to deny his affair with the local vicars wife. His Clintonisms however were not fooling anyone, no matter how much he protested his innocence.
Etymology: Taken from the famous quote 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman.'
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COMMENTS:
great application - too bad he will 'go down' in history for this - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:39:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:26:00
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