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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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Fauxquacious

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: fo KWAY shus

Sentence: Polly Tishan was impressively fauxquacious as she described her plan to help all the "needy and deserving citizens" of Texas by providing tax breaks to the poor and increasing taxes for the "greedy oil companies," whose campaign donations she would henceforth refuse.

Etymology: faux + loquacious

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COMMENTS:

Fauxdacious word - Nosila, 2009-10-08: 23:05:00

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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

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Diplolegory

Created by: Ahmad

Pronunciation: dip-lo-ligri

Sentence: Common people take every word true which springs out of the political leader but they dont understand that its just a diplolegory and nothing.

Etymology: Diplomat = one who is skilled in dealing public or exterior matters. Allegory means the statement which means differently than what it seems on the suface.

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Truthbending

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: truth bending

Sentence: this guy believes himself, he is obviously truthbending

Etymology: truth en bending

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Welmeanie

Created by: Tanik

Pronunciation: wel-mee-nee

Sentence: I just feel so sorry for the people who believed his welmeanies.

Etymology: well-meaning-lie

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COMMENTS:

Good one! Good double meaning... - wordmeister, 2008-06-12: 09:48:00

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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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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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Itsnofacto

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: itz - no - FACT - oh

Sentence: Senator Hornblower had been hawking his latest trumped up gimmick for so long he had polished the delivery to the point that even he himself could no longer separate fact from fiction and his spiel was itsnofacto truth in his mind.

Etymology: It's + no + fact....play on 'ipso facto'...'by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed'

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COMMENTS:

Great word! - TJayzz, 2008-06-12: 08:27:00

very funny - rolls off the tongue - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:40:00

Ah, many's a good story is ruined by sticking to the factos...good word - Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:38:00

Very clever - luv it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:25:00

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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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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'

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