DEFINITION: A lie told by a politician which is not really a lie, because in their heart of hearts, they are pretending it is true.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Itsnofacto: /itz – no – FACT – oh/ 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’ Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Itsnofacto:
TJayzz, 2008-06-12: 08:27:00
Great word!Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:40:00
very funny – rolls off the tongueNosila, 2008-06-12: 20:38:00
Ah, many’s a good story is ruined by sticking to the factos…good wordOZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:25:00
Very clever – luv it!
Defactualize: /de-fact-choo-uh-lahyz/ 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) Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Defactualize:
wordmeister, 2008-06-12: 10:20:00
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”.Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:39:00
I think you just invented a bew buzz word, Stevenson0!Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:39:00
I meant NEW buzz word
Fibdelity: /fib-DEL-i-tee/ Fred was the consummate politician, telling all new parliamentary members daly, that if you are must lie to the electorate, do it with spincerity. For, after all, you doing it for their good, aren’t you?
Although, it cannot be said that Fred didn’t have a political conscience, refusing to employ a spin-doctor, preferring to weave his own brand of fibdelity. But the most important piece of political wisdom he shared with his party’s novice “gravy-trainers” was that, in the end, all that really counts in politics is having the numbers. Etymology: FIB: to tell a white lie & FIDELITY: trust, trueheart, integrity. Created by: OZZIEBOB.
Comments on Fibdelity:
Rutilus, 2008-06-12: 11:28:00
Another belter there Ozziebob! Superb stuffJabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:40:00
fantasticgalwaywegian, 2008-06-12: 14:30:00
love it!
Clintonism: /Klin-ton-izem/ Although being caught red-handed as it were, Rupert De Soussa, the MP for Lustington South continued to deny his affair with the local vicars wife. His Clintonisms however were not fooling anyone, no matter how much he protested his innocence. Etymology: Taken from the famous quote ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman.’ Created by: TJayzz.
Comments on Clintonism:
Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:39:00
great application – too bad he will ‘go down’ in history for thisOZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:26:00
Good word.
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https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=lie
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