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DEFINITION: v. To win approval by carefully omitting any and all facts which may put the "correct" decision in jeopardy. n. A form of persuasion, or perhaps deceit, which is based on selective omissions.
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Harrow
Created by: elteboso
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Don't tell the whole truth, just a little; you know: Harrow.
Etymology:
Factholes
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fakthōlz
Sentence: If you could see Tim's argument it would look like a slice of Swiss cheese. He is skilled in the use of flash and bluster to camouflage his factholes. When people find how they have been duped, they will sometimes refer to Tim as a certain variety of hole.
Etymology: fact (a thing that is indisputably the case) + holes (hollow places in a solid body or surface)
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COMMENTS:
Into the void! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 01:14:00
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Piecefo
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: piece/fo
Sentence: Politicians are very piecefo in disseminating their ideas to persaude people to vote for them and their parties.
Etymology: PIECEFO - from PIECE (partial) + INFO (information)
Truthmission
Created by: feltcap
Pronunciation: trūth-mĭsh'ən
Sentence: Thinking immediately of the marijuana brownie he had eaten just hours ago, he decided to opt for truthmission when the officer asked him if he had -smoked- any marijuana that evening.
Etymology: truth - conformity to fact or actuality, omission - something forgotten or excluded
Mykneesyeah
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: mʌɪ:niː:s:yeah
Sentence: Honestly, it was almost down to mykneesyeah.
Etymology: Slamming together of 1-) My : A possessive pronoun belonging to the first person. 2-) Knees : A bone which is connected to the ankle. 3 -) Yeah : Positive affirmation and verbal stuffing used to punctuate sentences, yeah. Pun on Amnesia - Can't remember what that means.
Conscammate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CON-scam-mayt
Sentence: It was with malice and forethought that Lauren decided to pull a conscammate on Humphrey during their courtship by simply leaving out many details of her somewhat lurid past.
Etymology: Blend of 'con' (involving abuse of confidence), 'scam' (To defraud; swindle) and 'mate' ( husband or wife; spouse) a play on the word 'consummate' ( to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract)
Elidesteem
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: ee-LEED-eh-steem
Sentence: I could have admitted that the fish I caught was tiny, but I needed the elidesteem.
Etymology: elide + esteem
Sneakspeak
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sneek - speek
Sentence: Over the years, Lucy had perfected the art of sneakspeak. She learned to feed people bits and pieces of a story, leaving out things that she thought people would disapprove of just to they would not think badly of her....By the time they found out all the facts years later, it no longer had the negative impact she feared.
Etymology: Sneak + Sneak Peek + Speak >> Sneak (to go stealthily or furtively) + Sneak Peek (A preview, especially of something not yet public) Speak (use language, talk: express in speech)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James