The Tattlesnake – New Entries for the (Politically) Askewed Dictionary

Almightyosis: The bizarre egomaniacal conviction that the creator of hundreds of billions of galaxies in a universe of vast unknown dimensions personally wants you to run for office and takes time out to tell you so. (See 'O'Donnell, Christine.')

Anglephile: A strange, pathetic creature, usually elderly, who, although dependent on Social Security and Medicare for their well-being, will nevertheless vote for those who would gladly take it away. (See 'Lemmings.')

Diptheoria: Maintaining a comically contradictory opinion on a subject with a straight face, such as bringing peace by starting wars, believing in Republican morality, or balancing the budget by incurring $700 billion more in debt to give tax cuts to yourself and your wealthy friends. (See 'Bush, George W.')

Fecktrescent: Describing an idea so outstandingly stupid it glows like moonlight on a fresh turd. (See 'Palin/Beck 2012.')

Foggle: A combination of Fox News, fearmongering, fog and mind-boggling. To foggle is to use egregious disinformation and unconscionable exaggeration to appeal to the basal ganglia or 'reptilian brain' in lower orders of 'non'-homo sapiens with the goal of swaying by sheer panic and bigotry an individual or group into voting against their own best interests. Usage ex.: "We need more foggle to convince those tea partiers into rallying against health care reform!" (See 'White Citizens Council.')

Journabalism: Reprinting press releases from a corporation, lobbying firm or political party and calling it news. (See 'The Washington Times.')

Kochcrapola (pronounced 'Cokecrapola'): The desire of spineless billionaires to fund far-right Astroturf causes for their own benefit while hiding that information from the public so as not to offend customers of their consumer products, such as Brawny paper towels or Northern bathroom tissue, and thereby lose business. Named after the Koch brothers. (See 'US Chamber of Commerce.')

Murdochism: A mental trick wherein you pretend you aren't aware of what pestilent self-serving propaganda appears in your media outlets on a daily basis while still insisting they are actual news organizations nonetheless. Named after Rupert Murdoch. (See 'Bozell, Brent.')

Odontestry: The appearance of ugly gaping truth as a candidate's false Tweets fall out, reduced as she is to campaigning solely on Twitter since she's terrified of facing any reporter who might dare to ask her a tough question. (See 'Grizzly, Mama.')

Palmystery: Stage magic wherein the performer makes $100K disappear in return for a tepid speech based on hoary, imbecilic talking points written on her hand. The mystery is why anyone would pay for this bum fodder. (See 'Pledge to America.')

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