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Harpocrisy 

Harpocrisy (har•poc•ri•see) noun: Making commitments to - amongst other things - not run a deficit, preserve health spending, maintain senior's pensions, not tax income trusts, etc, etc ... and then doing the exact opposite.
1. "Jim Flaherty is a classic harpocrit. He says the government is fiscally responsible but he's increased total federal government spending by 22%."

2. "So Harper said "we're going to be there for seniors" and "they were there for us defending freedom in two world wars," but now he wants to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67!? What harpocrisy!"
Harpocrisy by PoliGuy March 23, 2012
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hairpocrisy 

when a person who publicly supports COVID-19 rules and regulations gets his or her hair done in a salon in violation of local COVID-19 regulations concerning hair salons
Karen, an aggressive advocate of following any and all COVID-19 rules was guilty of hairpocrisy when she had her hair done in violation of the local COVID rules.
hairpocrisy by flemsnopes September 5, 2020
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Harpocracy 

Hypocrisy in a supposedly democratic country. Derived from the very undemocratic Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper.
In a democratic country, a political party with the support of one-tenth of its citizens wouldn't be excluded from the televised debates, but alas, this is a harpocracy.

HERpocrisy

When a man does it, it’s wrong but when a women does it, it’s right.
HERpocrisy is when a man sleeps with many women, he is considered a misogynist f*ck boy. If a woman sleeps with many men even for money or on camera it is considered “sexual empowerment.” If a man displays strength it’s considered toxic masculinity. If a woman displays strength, she is considered strong and independent.

Hypocricyte 

A person who repeatedly expresses the desire or idea to improve, behave morally, or change, yet continuously fails to act upon those intentions — without self-awareness of this contradiction.
person who is trapped in a loop of self-deception — constantly thinking about improvement or values, but never applying them — and not even realizing it. He's Hypocricyte
Hypocricyte by Musafir July 18, 2025

Hypocricyte 

A person who repeatedly expresses the desire or idea to improve, behave morally, or change, yet continuously fails to act upon those intentions — without self-awareness of this contradiction.
"Yes, I was a Hypocricyte,
Because I have realized that I was one —
And that very awareness is why I am no longer the same.
Now, I know. I understand. I explain.
And most importantly — I act
Hypocricyte by Musafir July 18, 2025
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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