Truth Twister

Truth twister – a way of saying liar without saying liar

"Truth twister” – crossword clue for “Liar”
“Ambassadors for the expert-trashing, truth-twisting age of populism,” remarked the truth twister.

“Arrogant and offensive.

Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?” tweeted Dobby.

by Option 22 May 24, 2020

Quantum truth

A fact who's degree of truthiness changes upon observation.

" I make my own homemade soup" , stated Jerry to the group.

"Oh, really? What kind?" Inquired Beth.
"He means heats up Trader Joe's soup on his stove instead of the microwave ", said Rick. "It's his favorite quantum truth- it seems real but totally falls apart once you look at him"

by dv1d June 26, 2017

truth or crimesequences

(n.) -- What one arrives at after painstakingly investigating a crime.

"I think we found our man in the ongoing murder probe. Now he's going to have to face truth or crimesequences."

Overheard at a watercooler at a police station in Minneapolis on October 15, 2010

by PRwiz101 November 26, 2010

Meghan’s Truth

A version of a story which exists entirely in your head and no one else has any recollection of it.

I was an only child.

I had siblings but in my mind I was my parents only child and that is my truth despite not being THE truth. This is Meghan’s Truth

by Begusap August 24, 2022

Truth loop

When you make a post on social media with a true or more accurate version of a fake news article.

Had to keep my family in the truth loop about the so called "breaking news" story on …

by kiwibogan September 18, 2017

stretching the truth

Refers to the enormous sideways "expanding" of the "honesty line" (i.e., the "straight 'n' narrow" ink-trace that is drawn when the subject is not lying) that occurs whenever Hap Shaughnessy takes a polygraph test while reciting one of his grandiose tales of phenomenal past accomplishments/escapades.

When his fellow villagers disgustedly waved off his amazing tales of howling adventures and intrigue during his trip as an ambassador, Will Rogers indignantly snorted that he hoped that a building would fall in on him if he'd "padded the facts" at all about his recent political adventures, and a huge brick chimney immediately did collapse and shower him with bricks and powdery mortar-dust (he wasn't hurt -- no worries). Kind of a crude and "extreme" polygraph-device, but it did indeed show that Will had evidently been stretching the truth somewhat.

by QuacksO April 16, 2019

truth sleuthing

Verb--checking a variety of reliable sources before drawing a conclusion about a topic, especially when faced with corporate or political propaganda

Jon Stewart is truth sleuthing when he examines conservative and liberal media coverage of a particular event, although his own coverage tends to lean to the left.

by Professor Independence July 27, 2014