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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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Bullucination
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /bool-loo-suh-NEY-shun/
Sentence: Senator Sam Slicker had started out as an automobile salesman, and he knew how to lie with conviction. His bullucinations were so convincing, he would often conveniently forget that he was lying in the first place.
Etymology: Bull - foolish, deceitful, or boastful language (from Old English, bula "a steer") + Hallucination - a false notion, belief, or impression; delusion (from Latin, hallucinatus "wandering dream")
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COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-06-12: 14:31:00
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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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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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Politlie
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Pol-lit-lie
Sentence: Bill Clinton told a Politlie when he uttered the infamous phrase "I did not have sex with that woman."
Etymology: Polit(ician) + Lie
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.
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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Politifib
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: po-LIT-eh-fib
Sentence: The Nevada Senate Candidate's speech had the ring of truthiness, but parts of it were absolute politifibs. There's NO WAY he's gonna get a casino built at Area 51.
Etymology: from the English "campaign promise"
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COMMENTS:
Yes he will get it built. It's just that no one will be able to see it... - wordmeister, 2007-03-22: 00:55:00
well, no one from Earth, anyway... - Alchemist, 2007-03-22: 13:51:00
Nice. - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:51:00
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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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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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Heartfeltdootspeak
Created by: joshms
Pronunciation: heart-felt-doot-speak
Sentence: Everything that comes out of Blair's mouth is complete heartfeltdootspeak
Etymology: