Verboticism: Lewinksy
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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Heartfeltdootspeak
Created by: joshms
Pronunciation: heart-felt-doot-speak
Sentence: Everything that comes out of Blair's mouth is complete heartfeltdootspeak
Etymology:
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.
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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Oratoratifib
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: awr-uh-te-rat-uh-fib
Sentence: "I am not a crook," Nixon oratoratifibbed.
Etymology: orator (public speaker) + ratify (to confirm by expressing consent) + fib (a small or trivial lie)
Flexifact
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈflɛksəˌfækt/
Sentence: Most of what people assume are bald-faced lies are actually mere flexifacts; however, this does not make them less false and actually makes them more dangerous.
Etymology: From flexible + fact
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COMMENTS:
agreed - wordmeister, 2007-03-22: 00:52:00
niiiiice! - allwise, 2007-03-22: 03:04:00
Good word!! One of the few words today that have anything to do with the definition!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-22: 22:49:00
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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
Alfalsism
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: al-FALSE-ism
Sentence: During an election campaign you can always pick an alfalsism when they say "and I say this from the bottom of my heart".
Etymology: altruism (motivated by the common good) + false (dishonest)
Internalies
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: inturn/a/lize
Sentence: The politician lost all sense of fact and fiction because he had told so many internalies
Etymology: internalize + lies
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COMMENTS:
Definitely a Bentley from Porsche! Great word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-22: 09:03:00
how true - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-22: 16:06:00
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Fauxquacious
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: fo KWAY shus
Sentence: Polly Tishan was impressively fauxquacious as she described her plan to help all the "needy and deserving citizens" of Texas by providing tax breaks to the poor and increasing taxes for the "greedy oil companies," whose campaign donations she would henceforth refuse.
Etymology: faux + loquacious
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COMMENTS:
Fauxdacious word - Nosila, 2009-10-08: 23:05:00
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Truthbending
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: truth bending
Sentence: this guy believes himself, he is obviously truthbending
Etymology: truth en bending
