1) The result of a sudden compulsion to lie, embellish, deceive, pander, flip flop, fake, or make up facts.
2) something classless and untrue that was said; get called out for your mendacity; the
repetition of the falsehood under the cynical
assumption that voters are easily fooled and there will be no
consequences.
Did you hear about the Romnincident where this guy running for office told Latinos to vote for him because he will make Spanish the
official language of the USA but then the very next day told the Jamaicans to vote for him because he'd make Patois the
official language of the USA? What a douche!