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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 02:22 PM
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4. Well it sure ain't in the dictionary.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mistruth
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  -what in the hell is a "mistruth"? niyad  Sep-16-08 02:17 PM   #0 
  - I guess they got tired of "disinformation." n/t  wryter2000   Sep-16-08 02:18 PM   #1 
  - It's been common usage for my life at least  bryant69   Sep-16-08 02:19 PM   #2 
  - Well it sure ain't in the dictionary.  Bluebear   Sep-16-08 02:22 PM   #4 
     - maybe it's a regionalism - i grew up in California  bryant69   Sep-16-08 02:23 PM   #6 
        - Must be, never made it to the east coast.  Bluebear   Sep-16-08 02:24 PM   #8 
        - It's not a regionalism -- it's a made up term used by people who are afraid of using the noun lie.  Gormy Cuss   Sep-16-08 02:34 PM   #11 
           - Calling someone a liar is unpleasent  bryant69   Sep-16-08 02:40 PM   #13 
              - If pressed I would say that what s/he said was not true or not quite correct, never a mis-truth.  Gormy Cuss   Sep-16-08 03:38 PM   #20 
  - They are very afraid of that word:"LIE!"  louis-t   Sep-16-08 02:21 PM   #3 
  - same as "misspoken"  Neo   Sep-16-08 02:23 PM   #5 
  - It is Repuke speak. The word "lie" is just too negative.  Disturbed   Sep-16-08 02:27 PM   #9 
  - Wasn't there some "misspeak" in the recent past re Bosnia/bullets?  usnret88   Sep-16-08 03:02 PM   #19 
  - A "mistruth" is what happens after someone has "mis-spoken"...  driver8   Sep-16-08 02:24 PM   #7 
  - Which is otten caused by "misremembering." nt  usnret88   Sep-16-08 09:32 PM   #24 
  - That word is double plus ungood. NT  fiziwig   Sep-16-08 02:34 PM   #10 
  - LIE is too honest of a word for liars to say.  Cleita   Sep-16-08 02:36 PM   #12 
  - Read: "DAMNED LIE"  annarbor   Sep-16-08 02:48 PM   #14 
  - Link to definition  brazenlyliberal   Sep-16-08 02:49 PM   #15 
  - It's a lying way to say lie. n/t  LiberalHeart   Sep-16-08 02:50 PM   #16 
  - A lie...  butterfly77   Sep-16-08 02:52 PM   #17 
  - The opposite of "truthiness"  dixiegrrrrl   Sep-16-08 02:57 PM   #18 
  - Hah! That's what I get for browsing while working. n/t  hootinholler   Sep-16-08 04:09 PM   #22 
  - The opposite of truthiness?  hootinholler   Sep-16-08 04:08 PM   #21 
  - Minitru says mistruths are doubleplusungood.  deutsey   Sep-16-08 04:14 PM   #23 
  - Bush is a misasshole who tell's many mistruth's because he's a misincompetent, mispsychopath.  PerfectSage   Sep-16-08 09:40 PM   #25 
 

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