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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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Informadeuption
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: infərmādəpshən
Sentence: The spokes-person came to the point that he started to believe his own informadeuption.
Etymology: information (facts provided or learned about something or someone) + made-up (invented; not true)
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
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
Spindiscretion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: spin-des-cre-shon
Sentence: Senator Bob's spindiscretion writers were so good that he actually believed himself that he was only trying to help the young staffer find the contact that fell into her blouse.
Etymology: spin:to provide an interpretation meant to sway public opinion + indiscretion: peccadillo; petty misdeed
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
Polibrication
Created by: ozzymars
Pronunciation: pah-lib-bra-cay-shun
Sentence: His polibrications were the cause of him losing the election.
Etymology: politics+fabrication
Verbile
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: ver - bahyl
Sentence: The audience felt like they needed a shower after the latest eruption of verbile from the governor's mouth.
Etymology: Verbal - Bile Wash your mouth out with soap.
Clintonism
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Klin-ton-izem
Sentence: 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.'
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COMMENTS:
great application - too bad he will 'go down' in history for this - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:39:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:26:00
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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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