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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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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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Untroof

Created by: mwveasey

Pronunciation:

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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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Psematolithism

Created by: sisica

Pronunciation: pse-mah-toh-LEE-thizm

Sentence: They are so wrapped up in their political campaigns that their lies have turned into Psematolithism!!

Etymology: In the Greek language, lies are "Psemata" and the truth is "alithia." Therefore, a mix between a lie and truth would be Psemata + Alithia with "ism" being the nounification.

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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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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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nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-06-12: 14:31:00

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Spindiscretion

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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

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Bushcrack

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: bush-crak

Sentence: His Bushcrack about the decrease in taxes was aimed to please those precious voters.

Etymology: From "Bush" meaning "liar" and "wisecrack" used ironically. Also note "crack" a joke, smile etc. It was either that or "politrick" (a word I heard from Max Cavalera).

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COMMENTS:

Rhymes with bushwhack and reminds me of the joke about how you can tell he's lying (his lips are moving). - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-22: 13:09:00

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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

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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.

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