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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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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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Aletheadicate
Created by: personak
Pronunciation: uh-lith-ee-AD-ih-cate
Sentence: It's obvious he's aletheadicating.
Etymology: Combination of "alethe" and "adicate" "alethe" from Greek "alethea" - true; "adicate" from Greek "adikeo" - wrong
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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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
Politifiction
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: POLITIcian+FICTION
Sentence: Seeing the candidates debate, we knew there was no better place to find politifiction.
Etymology: POLITIcian+FICTION
Fauxquacious
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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Scrupulitics
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: scru-pul-it-tics
Sentence: Each generation seems to have a well publicized example of scrupulitics that casts a negative light on all politicians: including but not limited to scandels involving clinton, nixon, and george washington with that controversial cherry tree.
Etymology: from scruples + politics and also effectively "screwing ones self over politically" if outed
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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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.
Polietician
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pälītishən
Sentence: How can you tell when a polieticians are not telling the truth? Their lips are moving.
Etymology: politician (a person who is professionally involved in politics) + lie (an intentionally false statement)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word and sentence - splendiction, 2009-10-08: 22:34:00
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