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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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Politiwrap
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: po-LIT-eh-rap
Sentence: Senator Bugle once again orated in politiwrap, information that met his own test for beign factual but not necessarily related to the truth as the rest of the country might see it.
Etymology: Blend of 'political' and 'wrap' (v. To surround or involve in a specified quality or atmosphere) also a play on the word 'rap' or 'speech/talk'
Simultruth
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: sim-il-trooth
Sentence: "Read my lips: no new taxes"
Etymology: simulate + truth
Truthbending
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: truth bending
Sentence: this guy believes himself, he is obviously truthbending
Etymology: truth en bending
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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Platformidabull
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: plat/for/mida/bull
Sentence:
Etymology: platform + formidable + bull
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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Campfeign
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: camp fane
Sentence: Senator Phil A. Baloney lived up to his name. Since this was his second run at the Senate, he had all his election lies down pat. He was more experienced in being able to campfeign election promises than his opponent. He made the traditional campfeigns:Reducing taxes;Balancing the budget;Equal Rights;Free Medicare; Space discovery, plus all the latest p.c. campfeigns:Greening America;Reducing Carbon Footprint and Free Trade. He was baffled when he lost his re-election bid to a rookie upstart educated woman of color, Oprah Goldberg. It was because he never wore deodorant and his Senate Body was like his campaign campfeigns, they stunk!
Etymology: Camp( something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality) & Campaign (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for or run, stand, or compete for an office or a position) & Feign (make believe with the intent to deceive; fake; pretend;misrepresent)
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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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.
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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