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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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Informadeuption

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: infərmādəpshən

Sentence: The spokes-person came to the point that he started to believe his own informadeuption.

Etymology: information (facts provided or learned about something or someone) + made-up (invented; not true)

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Inventruth

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: in-ven-trooth

Sentence: The candidate is famous for his use of inventruth. He is so good at it that his own mother is beginning to doubt her memory of her son's early life.

Etymology: invent (to produce or create with the imagination) + truth (conformity with fact or reality)

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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.

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Doubledupe

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dubbl/doop

Sentence: His argument that subways were inhabited by zombies was so convincing that it became a doubledupe and he always had to take the bus

Etymology: double + dupe and dupe + double

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COMMENTS:

I like that! - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:55:00

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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.

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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.

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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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Politifib

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: po-LIT-eh-fib

Sentence: The Nevada Senate Candidate's speech had the ring of truthiness, but parts of it were absolute politifibs. There's NO WAY he's gonna get a casino built at Area 51.

Etymology: from the English "campaign promise"

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COMMENTS:

Yes he will get it built. It's just that no one will be able to see it... - wordmeister, 2007-03-22: 00:55:00

well, no one from Earth, anyway... - Alchemist, 2007-03-22: 13:51:00

Nice. - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:51:00

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