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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.
Verboticisms
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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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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
Politicomylietis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: poe/li/ti/coe/my/ly/tis
Sentence: Politicomylietis is an infectious viral disease rampant in political circles that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis of the part of the brain which can distinguish between fact and fiction.
Etymology: political + poliomyelitis + my lie tis (true)
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COMMENTS:
Love it, very clever - TJayzz, 2008-06-12: 15:30:00
Terrific word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:25:00
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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
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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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
Flib
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: flib
Sentence: Man, Bush tells a lot of flibs, but you just know he's convinced they're not lies.
Etymology: fib + glib
Lewinksy
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: lew-in-ski
Sentence: Bob Roberts told a lewinsky in his comments to the press yesterday because he so desperately needed for the lie to be true.
Etymology: Derived from B.Clinton's excessive bending of the truth (i.e. lying) in the Monica Lewinksy scandal. I liked the guy anyway but he had a gift for "the lewinsky".
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COMMENTS:
an intern-ational hit! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-22: 07:24:00
A lewinsky can become a weapon of mass distrustion. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-22: 07:37:00
with a nod and a lewinkski... - Alchemist, 2007-03-22: 10:13:00
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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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