Prevaricate
Prevaricate When asked "Approximately how much did you cut cut the funding for housing vouchers?" The Secretary answered "I don't have the numbers in front of me."
Prevaricate by Curmudgeonous October 24, 2017
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prevaricate
prevaricate by Anonymous April 7, 2003
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prevarilative
A term to define the actions of one who is often prevaricative. While not commonly used after 1896, the term has resurged when no one one you work with believes that your usage of equivilate was proper.
I don’t know what he meant when he said my presentation was equivilative, he can be so prevarilative!
prevarilative by Justzisguyyaknow October 19, 2020
prevaricade
A barrier or wall of lies meant to impede or stop someone from finding out the truth; from the words prevaricate and barrier.
prevaricade by HydraCerebus February 21, 2006
Prevaricrat
A Prevaricrat is a member of a form of oppression by a class of self-deluded liars (See "Terrorism" Part II.1 CCC. RSC 1985 c. C-46), whereupon, an Orwellian dystopia is the end result of any and all efforts to quell, to the contrary, or to stem as triage, any auspicion of a brighter tomorrow. A low-IQ is suspected as the possible "material misapprehension"
"Hey... Let's all just stick our heads up our asses and let the Prevaricrats handle the fallout while we pretend (equally as delusorily) we were doing something valuable for the betterment of Society.
Prevaricrat by qfourtytwo December 19, 2019
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