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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.
Verboticisms
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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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Believabable
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: bee-leev-a-baa-bul
Sentence: "I feel your pain" he believababled.
Etymology: Believe-to have confidence in the truth bable(babel)-to mutter incoherently
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:52:00
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Balonimony
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ba-LO-na-mo-nee
Sentence: When he was running for office, he gave an oathspiel about how he cared about the environment; when he was elected, I realized it was just his bullief and nothing more than balonimony.
Etymology: baloney (a lie), testimony
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COMMENTS:
good one as usual! :-) - toadstool57, 2007-03-22: 07:47:00
Fantastic. - ErWenn, 2007-03-22: 08:02:00
Clever. :-) - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:53:00
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Politicomylietis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: poe/li/ti/coe/my/ly/tis
Sentence: Politicomylietis is an infectious viral disease rampant in political circles that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis of the part of the brain which can distinguish between fact and fiction.
Etymology: political + poliomyelitis + my lie tis (true)
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COMMENTS:
Love it, very clever - TJayzz, 2008-06-12: 15:30:00
Terrific word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:25:00
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Misstruth
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: miss strue thhh
Sentence: the PM was the best in his team at proclaiming misstruths.
Etymology: from miss truth thus lie and also strewth as in the australian slang for not being really believable.
Fibabuster
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fib a bus tur
Sentence: The Right Honorable Member of Parliament for False Creek, Mr. Ben Dover made long, eloquent and passionate speeches. If not strictly full of truths, they were truths as he saw them. By the time he finished his long tirades, he talked around in circles and undid everything he originally stated. He was a master of the fibabuster and would continue to use them until he needed a defibulator. His activity was predictable when you understood that the word "Parliament" came from two French words..."parler (to talk) and mentir (to lie)"!
Etymology: Fib (tell a relatively insignificant lie) & Filibuster (a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches;a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes;to obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation)
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]
Bullucination
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /bool-loo-suh-NEY-shun/
Sentence: Senator Sam Slicker had started out as an automobile salesman, and he knew how to lie with conviction. His bullucinations were so convincing, he would often conveniently forget that he was lying in the first place.
Etymology: Bull - foolish, deceitful, or boastful language (from Old English, bula "a steer") + Hallucination - a false notion, belief, or impression; delusion (from Latin, hallucinatus "wandering dream")
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COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-06-12: 14:31:00
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Defactualize
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dis/fak/choo/lize
Sentence: The Prime Minister was able to defactualize about the situation by thinking about what he will do in the future, not what he did to cause the problem.
Etymology: de facto + fact + conceptualize
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COMMENTS:
That's a good one! - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:56:00
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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.
