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Monday, September 15, 2008

Synonyms for Lying

I have to admit that I have often run out of words in the last week or two when trying to describe the new McCain/Palin Lie of the Day (TM). As a public service to my fellow bloggers, I've compiled below a brief synonym collection for you to use in describing the McCain's campaign's complete disregard for the truth:

Nouns:

Deceitfulness
Deception
Duplicity
Fabrication
Fallacy
Falsehood
Falsity
Fib
Fraud
Lie
Mendacity
Misstatement
Misinformation
Perfidity
Untruth
Tall Tale

Adjectives:
Craven
Crooked
Deceitful
Deceptive
Dishonest
Disingenuous
Dissimulative
Double-Dealing
Duplicitous
Fallacious
False
False-Hearted
Fraudulent
Ignominious
Immoral
Insincere
Knavish
Unethical
Untrue
Untruthful
Fabricated
Machiavellian
Made Up
Mendacious
Misleading
Perfidious
Shady
Spurious
Specious
Underhanded
Unscrupulous
Treacherous
Two-Faced

Verbs:
Bamboozle
Bear False Witness
Cozen
Deceive
Dissemble
Double-cross
Dupe
Fabricate
Falsify
Fib
Flimflam
Fool
Forswear
Jilt
Hoodwink
Misinform
Mislead
Misrepresent
Misstate
Lie

Got any others?

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