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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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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.
Politlie
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Pol-lit-lie
Sentence: Bill Clinton told a Politlie when he uttered the infamous phrase "I did not have sex with that woman."
Etymology: Polit(ician) + Lie
Heartfeltdootspeak
Created by: joshms
Pronunciation: heart-felt-doot-speak
Sentence: Everything that comes out of Blair's mouth is complete heartfeltdootspeak
Etymology:
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
Veritease
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: VEHR-ih-teez
Sentence: The audience sought verity from the muckraked Congresswoman, but she merely placated them with veritease.
Etymology: veri[ty] + tease; a "truth" that is really only teasing.
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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Liewinski
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: lye win skeee
Sentence: he couldn't explain why the liewinskies always left a funny taste in his mouth.
Etymology: lie lewinski
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COMMENTS:
good one! - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-08: 05:37:00
Cute! - Nosila, 2009-10-08: 09:25:00
agree with all of the above - splendiction, 2009-10-08: 22:35:00
very clever... - mweinmann, 2009-10-09: 07:44:00
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Scrupulitics
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: scru-pul-it-tics
Sentence: Each generation seems to have a well publicized example of scrupulitics that casts a negative light on all politicians: including but not limited to scandels involving clinton, nixon, and george washington with that controversial cherry tree.
Etymology: from scruples + politics and also effectively "screwing ones self over politically" if outed
Convenientuntruth
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kon veen yent unt rooth
Sentence: a convenientuntruth is usually the result of a question they are glad you asked.
Etymology: convenient truth