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fact checking 

Telling lies in order to prove you don't love Putin.
After some intense fact checking, it was determined that Russia ate the fact check site's homework.

Bias of Fact-Checking

The inherent skew introduced when the process of verifying factual claims becomes institutionalized, gatekept by specific media or tech entities, and is applied disproportionately. This bias isn't about truth vs. falsehood, but about which truths get scrutinized, how context is framed, and whose statements are subjected to a forensic audit while others enjoy implied credibility. It often reflects the political and cultural priorities of the fact-checking institution.
Example: A fact-checking organization rigorously rates a progressive politician's minor statistical exaggeration as "Mostly False," while using a more charitable, context-laden analysis to rate a conservative ally's demonstrably false claim about election integrity as "Lacking Context." The bias of fact-checking lies in the uneven application of scrutiny, shaping public perception of credibility rather than merely dispensing truth.

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026