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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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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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Misstruth

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: miss strue thhh

Sentence: the PM was the best in his team at proclaiming misstruths.

Etymology: from miss truth thus lie and also strewth as in the australian slang for not being really believable.

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Defactualize

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dis/fak/choo/lize

Sentence: The Prime Minister was able to defactualize about the situation by thinking about what he will do in the future, not what he did to cause the problem.

Etymology: de facto + fact + conceptualize

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COMMENTS:

That's a good one! - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:56:00

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Disingenuine

Created by: Rutilus

Pronunciation: dis-in-jen-yoo-in

Sentence: Clarence was a smooth parliamentarian; he was intelligent, articulate, charismatic and debonaire. Versed in the art of spin, his web of lies glittered before all like the truths they really were not. He was the complete disingenuine politician and the nation loved him for it.

Etymology: disingenous - misleading, calculating; genuine - real, true

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COMMENTS:

great blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:45:00

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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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Internalies

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: inturn/a/lize

Sentence: The politician lost all sense of fact and fiction because he had told so many internalies

Etymology: internalize + lies

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COMMENTS:

Definitely a Bentley from Porsche! Great word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-22: 09:03:00

how true - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-22: 16:06:00

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Politicon

Created by: Muttley74

Pronunciation: Po-littee-con

Sentence: It would be nice if our politicians would tell us the truth, explain the tough issues, and give us some choices for how to solve the problems. But until there is a grassroots movement supporting discussion of difficult issues—until the supporting winds blow hard enough for politicians with their fingers in the wind to sense the need to do it—most politicians will continue to make "politicons". Until we demonstrate that we can handle the truth, we can expect our politicians to keep lying to us. There will always be some politicians who will make "politicons" more than others and some who come very close to telling us the truth. It's easy enough to identify these two types: The lying politicians will usually be saying things that feel comfortable and require no effort on our part; the truth-telling politicians will usually be saying things we'd rather not hear and prefer not to think about.

Etymology: Politicon is derived from the word "Politics" and the word "Con" meaning to deceive and hoodwink

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