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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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Falsetty
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: fal-set-ee
Sentence: I didn’t think that Hillary padded the truth until I she saw her Bosnian video which exposed her falsetties. But I supposed I should have anticipated this, given her husband’s known preference for falsettio.
Etymology: false + said + etty
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COMMENTS:
ooh - some zingers in this one - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:44:00
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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)
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.
Welmeanie
Created by: Tanik
Pronunciation: wel-mee-nee
Sentence: I just feel so sorry for the people who believed his welmeanies.
Etymology: well-meaning-lie
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COMMENTS:
Good one! Good double meaning... - wordmeister, 2008-06-12: 09:48:00
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Prommiss
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: prom-miss
Sentence: I believe my own prommisses, don't you?
Etymology: prom+miss
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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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
Truthdecay
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: trooth de kay
Sentence: When Senator I.M. Mendacious the second won the seat his father had held before him, he ignored the gossip of bribes and kickbacks and outrageous election promises. His defense was that despite the fact that he suffered a hereditary illness, he had overcome it to win the election. He had been diagnosed with chronic truthdecay and had become the poster boy for finding a cure.
Etymology: Truth (a fact that has been verified; conformity to reality or actuality)& Decay (the process of gradually becoming inferior;decompose or fall into ruin; an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying) WordPlay on Tooth Decay.
Truthbending
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: truth bending
Sentence: this guy believes himself, he is obviously truthbending
Etymology: truth en bending
