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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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Fabricateur
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: fab REE cat er
Sentence: “I smell well the stink my predecessor has produced and will clear the air with fresh, new, ideas!” Like many moldy fabricateurs, he had begun to deny his speeches had become stale. Believing his old lies became an important stench-masking device.
Etymology: From: fabricate and -eur.
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COMMENTS:
Absolutely Fabrilous, Sweety Dahling! - Nosila, 2009-10-08: 23:03:00
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Truthdecay
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: trooth de kay
Sentence: When Senator I.M. Mendacious the second won the seat his father had held before him, he ignored the gossip of bribes and kickbacks and outrageous election promises. His defense was that despite the fact that he suffered a hereditary illness, he had overcome it to win the election. He had been diagnosed with chronic truthdecay and had become the poster boy for finding a cure.
Etymology: Truth (a fact that has been verified; conformity to reality or actuality)& Decay (the process of gradually becoming inferior;decompose or fall into ruin; an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying) WordPlay on Tooth Decay.
Decepticongressional
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: dee-sep-tee-con-gresh-ah-nul
Sentence: he always found it impressed the voters if he took a decepticongressional approach to health care
Etymology: deceptive, congress, decepticons[from transformers...those guys were evil]
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
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.
Psematolithism
Created by: sisica
Pronunciation: pse-mah-toh-LEE-thizm
Sentence: They are so wrapped up in their political campaigns that their lies have turned into Psematolithism!!
Etymology: In the Greek language, lies are "Psemata" and the truth is "alithia." Therefore, a mix between a lie and truth would be Psemata + Alithia with "ism" being the nounification.
Fheart
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: f art
Sentence: The Governor knew he was not amongst his most loyal supporters, so it was suggested that he read the speech containing more fhearts than the one he read when in his hometown.
Etymology: hot air coming from the heart
Polietician
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pälītishən
Sentence: How can you tell when a polieticians are not telling the truth? Their lips are moving.
Etymology: politician (a person who is professionally involved in politics) + lie (an intentionally false statement)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word and sentence - splendiction, 2009-10-08: 22:34:00
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Itsnofacto
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: itz - no - FACT - oh
Sentence: Senator Hornblower had been hawking his latest trumped up gimmick for so long he had polished the delivery to the point that even he himself could no longer separate fact from fiction and his spiel was itsnofacto truth in his mind.
Etymology: It's + no + fact....play on 'ipso facto'...'by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed'
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - TJayzz, 2008-06-12: 08:27:00
very funny - rolls off the tongue - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:40:00
Ah, many's a good story is ruined by sticking to the factos...good word - Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:38:00
Very clever - luv it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:25:00
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Spindiscretion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: spin-des-cre-shon
Sentence: Senator Bob's spindiscretion writers were so good that he actually believed himself that he was only trying to help the young staffer find the contact that fell into her blouse.
Etymology: spin:to provide an interpretation meant to sway public opinion + indiscretion: peccadillo; petty misdeed
