Verboticism: Falsetty
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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Psematolithism
Created by: sisica
Pronunciation: pse-mah-toh-LEE-thizm
Sentence: They are so wrapped up in their political campaigns that their lies have turned into Psematolithism!!
Etymology: In the Greek language, lies are "Psemata" and the truth is "alithia." Therefore, a mix between a lie and truth would be Psemata + Alithia with "ism" being the nounification.
Redunctione
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: (Ree-DUNK-shen)
Sentence: The statements he made were completely absurd redunctiones.
Etymology: Redundant + Function
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COMMENTS:
pl: redunctiones; note that it can be turned into a adj. as such: redunctional, and adv.: redunctionally. - ziggy41, 2007-03-24: 15:07:00
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Fabricateur
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: fab REE cat er
Sentence: “I smell well the stink my predecessor has produced and will clear the air with fresh, new, ideas!” Like many moldy fabricateurs, he had begun to deny his speeches had become stale. Believing his old lies became an important stench-masking device.
Etymology: From: fabricate and -eur.
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COMMENTS:
Absolutely Fabrilous, Sweety Dahling! - Nosila, 2009-10-08: 23:03:00
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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
Reaganphonics
Created by: buck180
Pronunciation: ray/gan/FON/iks
Sentence: Although what the politician said was not entirely true, his eloquence as he reaganphonocized lent such credibility to his address that even his detractors were swayed.
Etymology: From President REAGAN, who was master at his political game and took the manipulation of PHONICS (the study of sounds and words) to new heights. Also a play on the term reaganomics.
Simultruth
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: sim-il-trooth
Sentence: "Read my lips: no new taxes"
Etymology: simulate + truth
Aletheadicate
Created by: personak
Pronunciation: uh-lith-ee-AD-ih-cate
Sentence: It's obvious he's aletheadicating.
Etymology: Combination of "alethe" and "adicate" "alethe" from Greek "alethea" - true; "adicate" from Greek "adikeo" - wrong
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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)
Liewinski
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: l eye win skeee
Sentence: he couldn't explain why the liewinskies always left a funny taste in his mouth.
Etymology: lie Lewinski
Polibrication
Created by: ozzymars
Pronunciation: pah-lib-bra-cay-shun
Sentence: His polibrications were the cause of him losing the election.
Etymology: politics+fabrication
