Did you maybe mean one of these? apology, audiology, tautology
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Examples
“So while yes, a 3-minute fauxpology is a good start, you need to make a better show of contrition.”
“What satirist could then top Texas Republican Joe Barton's coerced, linguistically mangled fauxpology?”
“Following his verbal diarrhea, Kornheiser offered a hollow “fauxpology,” stating that it wouldn’t be the last time he apologized for something–but that he did want to apologize for the comments he made about Storm.”
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...
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Politrix
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
vexillology, blowback, impunity, extraterritoriality, plenipotentiary, filibuster, pundit, jingoistic, gerrymander, swiftboat, espionage, ipsedixitism and 151 more...
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hober's Words
anglosphere, wiki, slither, cylon, satchel, faustian, ragamuffin, frak, salient, fervid, tartan, snowclone and 299 more...
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Words Waiting in the Wings
Waiting, hoping for the Big Break and entrance onto the great stage of lexicography.
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Neologisms
Words coined by me, my friends, or people from whom I feel comfortable stealing intellectual property.
neologophilia, gemerald, pseudophistication, cognoscentocracy, geoflation, awkweird, gawkward, pseudoprofundity, dubblent, moosicles, moosies, turmungous and 196 more...
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Because I like them : E --- F
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hober Politicians do this all the time.
Again I'm wowed by the folks over at neologasm. Oct 16, 2008