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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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Believabable

Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: bee-leev-a-baa-bul

Sentence: "I feel your pain" he believababled.

Etymology: Believe-to have confidence in the truth bable(babel)-to mutter incoherently

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I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-03-22: 21:52:00

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Belieffib

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Bee-leef-fib

Sentence: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," said the president, who must have had a different definition of the term than the rest of the English-speaking world.

Etymology: Belief + fib

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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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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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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

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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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Reaganphonics

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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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Platformidabull

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: plat/for/mida/bull

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Etymology: platform + formidable + bull

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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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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

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