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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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Reaganphonics

buck180

Created by: buck180

Pronunciation: ray/gan/FON/iks

Sentence: Although what the politician said was not entirely true, his eloquence as he reaganphonocized lent such credibility to his address that even his detractors were swayed.

Etymology: From President REAGAN, who was master at his political game and took the manipulation of PHONICS (the study of sounds and words) to new heights. Also a play on the term reaganomics.

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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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Misstruth

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: miss strue thhh

Sentence: the PM was the best in his team at proclaiming misstruths.

Etymology: from miss truth thus lie and also strewth as in the australian slang for not being really believable.

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Verantasy

Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: fer- ann-tassy

Sentence: his verantasy about his integrity in face of the cash scandal, was really quite endearing.

Etymology: ver- from the latin Veritas meaning truth.

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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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Fheart

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: f art

Sentence: The Governor knew he was not amongst his most loyal supporters, so it was suggested that he read the speech containing more fhearts than the one he read when in his hometown.

Etymology: hot air coming from the heart

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Liewinski

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: lye 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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COMMENTS:

mrskellyscl good one! - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-08: 05:37:00

Cute! - Nosila, 2009-10-08: 09:25:00

agree with all of the above - splendiction, 2009-10-08: 22:35:00

very clever... - mweinmann, 2009-10-09: 07:44:00

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Governdelusional

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: guv - ern - deel - ew - shun - ul

Sentence: Some politicians and elected officials become governdelusional and don't even know what is true themselves anymore.

Etymology: govern, delusional

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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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Defactualize

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: de/fact/choo/uh/lahyz

Sentence: Good politicians are able to defactualize freely and sincerely about any and every situation in order to gain the upper hand and score political points, depending on who they are talking to.

Etymology: DEFACTUALIZE - verb - from DE (do, or make the opposite of; reverse) + FACT (reality; truth) + CONCEPTUALIZE (a general notion or idea formed in the mind)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent word! It is certainly one we could use in real life. I can see a politician explaining that he wasn't lying, it was just a simple matter of "defactualization". - wordmeister, 2008-06-12: 10:20:00

I think you just invented a bew buzz word, Stevenson0! - Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:39:00

I meant NEW buzz word - Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:39:00

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