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'I do not need or use deodorant.'

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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Flubya

Created by: ShaggE

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Platformidabull

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: plat/for/mida/bull

Sentence:

Etymology: platform + formidable + bull

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Verbile

Mrgoodtimes

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.

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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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Oratoratifib

Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: awr-uh-te-rat-uh-fib

Sentence: "I am not a crook," Nixon oratoratifibbed.

Etymology: orator (public speaker) + ratify (to confirm by expressing consent) + fib (a small or trivial lie)

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Spindiscretion

mrskellyscl

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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Politrick

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: politrick

Sentence: He politricked himself to believe in everything he said.

Etymology: politic + trick

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Confavuleracity

Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: con-fav-you-ler-ass-ity

Sentence: If it's a confabulation with veracity, it's a confavuleracity!

Etymology: "confabulation" + "veracity"

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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]

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Informadeuption

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: infərmādəpshən

Sentence: The spokes-person came to the point that he started to believe his own informadeuption.

Etymology: information (facts provided or learned about something or someone) + made-up (invented; not true)

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