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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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Fibdelity

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: fib-DEL-i-tee

Sentence: Fred was the consummate politician telling all new parliamentary members daly, that if you are must lie to the electorate, do it with spincerity. For, after all, you're doing it for their good, aren't you? Although, it cannot be said that Fred didn't have a political conscience, refusing to employ a spin-doctor, preferring to weave his own brand of fibdelity. But the most important piece of political wisdom he shared with his party's novice "gravy-trainers" was that, in the end, all that really counts in politics is having the numbers.

Etymology: FIB: to tell a white lie & FIDELITY: trust, trueheart, integrity.

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COMMENTS:

Another belter there Ozziebob! Superb stuff - Rutilus, 2008-06-12: 11:28:00

fantastic - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:40:00

love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-06-12: 14:30:00

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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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That's a good one! - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:56:00

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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

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Passionit

Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

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Governdelusional

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: guv - ern - deel - ew - shun - ul

Sentence: Some politicians and elected officials become governdelusional and don't even know what is true themselves anymore.

Etymology: govern, delusional

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Politicon

Created by: Muttley74

Pronunciation: Po-littee-con

Sentence: It would be nice if our politicians would tell us the truth, explain the tough issues, and give us some choices for how to solve the problems. But until there is a grassroots movement supporting discussion of difficult issues—until the supporting winds blow hard enough for politicians with their fingers in the wind to sense the need to do it—most politicians will continue to make "politicons". Until we demonstrate that we can handle the truth, we can expect our politicians to keep lying to us. There will always be some politicians who will make "politicons" more than others and some who come very close to telling us the truth. It's easy enough to identify these two types: The lying politicians will usually be saying things that feel comfortable and require no effort on our part; the truth-telling politicians will usually be saying things we'd rather not hear and prefer not to think about.

Etymology: Politicon is derived from the word "Politics" and the word "Con" meaning to deceive and hoodwink

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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)

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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

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Politifiction

Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: POLITIcian+FICTION

Sentence: Seeing the candidates debate, we knew there was no better place to find politifiction.

Etymology: POLITIcian+FICTION

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Truthism

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: chrooth-izm

Sentence: Atheists think that when Christians talk about the existence of God, they're really just spewing truthisms.

Etymology: truth + ism

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