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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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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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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
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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Polibrication
Created by: ozzymars
Pronunciation: pah-lib-bra-cay-shun
Sentence: His polibrications were the cause of him losing the election.
Etymology: politics+fabrication
Liewinski
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: lye winn skeee
Sentence: As with most liewinskis, you can put it in the hands of your intern, but it won't stand up in court
Etymology: lie lewinski
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COMMENTS:
you earned a cigar for that one... - Nosila, 2011-02-25: 08:18:00
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Decepticongressional
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: dee-sep-tee-con-gresh-ah-nul
Sentence: he always found it impressed the voters if he took a decepticongressional approach to health care
Etymology: deceptive, congress, decepticons[from transformers...those guys were evil]
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
Defibelation
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.
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.
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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