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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.
Verboticisms
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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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Veritease
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: VEHR-ih-teez
Sentence: The audience sought verity from the muckraked Congresswoman, but she merely placated them with veritease.
Etymology: veri[ty] + tease; a "truth" that is really only teasing.
Inventruth
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: in-ven-trooth
Sentence: The candidate is famous for his use of inventruth. He is so good at it that his own mother is beginning to doubt her memory of her son's early life.
Etymology: invent (to produce or create with the imagination) + truth (conformity with fact or reality)
Alfalsism
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: al-FALSE-ism
Sentence: During an election campaign you can always pick an alfalsism when they say "and I say this from the bottom of my heart".
Etymology: altruism (motivated by the common good) + false (dishonest)
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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Spindiscretion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: spin-des-cre-shon
Sentence: Senator Bob's spindiscretion writers were so good that he actually believed himself that he was only trying to help the young staffer find the contact that fell into her blouse.
Etymology: spin:to provide an interpretation meant to sway public opinion + indiscretion: peccadillo; petty misdeed
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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Bullegit
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: bull-le-git
Sentence: Bush gave his State of the Union speech, full of bullegit statements, pertaining to global warning.
Etymology: bull sh**/legit, slang for truth
Politiwrap
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: po-LIT-eh-rap
Sentence: Senator Bugle once again orated in politiwrap, information that met his own test for beign factual but not necessarily related to the truth as the rest of the country might see it.
Etymology: Blend of 'political' and 'wrap' (v. To surround or involve in a specified quality or atmosphere) also a play on the word 'rap' or 'speech/talk'
