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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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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.
Polibrication
Created by: ozzymars
Pronunciation: pah-lib-bra-cay-shun
Sentence: His polibrications were the cause of him losing the election.
Etymology: politics+fabrication
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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COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-06-12: 14:31:00
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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
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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Truthism
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: chrooth-izm
Sentence: Atheists think that when Christians talk about the existence of God, they're really just spewing truthisms.
Etymology: truth + ism
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]
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"
Platformidabull
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: plat/for/mida/bull
Sentence:
Etymology: platform + formidable + bull
