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'I do not need or use deodorant.'

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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Passionit

Created by: Mobelia

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Confavuleracity

Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: con-fav-you-ler-ass-ity

Sentence: If it's a confabulation with veracity, it's a confavuleracity!

Etymology: "confabulation" + "veracity"

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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

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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

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Simultruth

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: sim-il-trooth

Sentence: "Read my lips: no new taxes"

Etymology: simulate + truth

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Defibelation

bedens

Created by: bedens

Pronunciation: Dee-FIB-uh-lay-shun

Sentence: 1. (n.) "I voted with the best interest of my constituents in mind", he said with defibelation. 2. (v.) Johnny J. Politician defibilated when stating his position on health care reform.

Etymology: De (to remove) - fib (an untruth) - elation (with joy or happiness). Also incorporates part of "defibrillation", which is the act of restoring the heart to its normal rhythm.

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Flubya

Created by: ShaggE

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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

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Orastory

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ora-store-ee

Sentence: The MP for Bexhill was skilled in the art of orastory. His speeches may not have been technically accurate, but they were definitely convincing.

Etymology: oratory (the art of public speaking) + story (a fictitous tale; a fabrication)

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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.

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