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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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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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Verbile
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: ver - bahyl
Sentence: The audience felt like they needed a shower after the latest eruption of verbile from the governor's mouth.
Etymology: Verbal - Bile Wash your mouth out with soap.
Spinvinced
Created by: Loreshai
Pronunciation: Sp-in-vinced
Sentence: The Conservative Leader had spinvinced himself into believing that he had made a positive contribution to Britain's Economy.
Etymology: Spin- the art of manipulating a negative fact in politics so it appears positive. e.g "1 million people lose their jobs" becomes " 1 million people more available to work!" Convinced- to be persuaded to believe something.
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.
Polibrication
Created by: ozzymars
Pronunciation: pah-lib-bra-cay-shun
Sentence: His polibrications were the cause of him losing the election.
Etymology: politics+fabrication
Prommiss
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: prom-miss
Sentence: I believe my own prommisses, don't you?
Etymology: prom+miss
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"
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
Heartfeltdootspeak
Created by: joshms
Pronunciation: heart-felt-doot-speak
Sentence: Everything that comes out of Blair's mouth is complete heartfeltdootspeak
Etymology:
