By the way, JRA, you said the article was "TRIPE" which means false and something false is a lie.  It is a polite way of calling something a lie.  Yeap, I went back and looked at why I ask you to explain why something was a lie.  

tripe

   [trahyp] Show IPA
–noun
1.
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
2.
Slang . something, especially speech or writing, that is false or worthless; rubbish.


Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English fals  < Latin falsus  feigned, false, orig. past participle of fallere  to deceive; reinforced by or reborrowed from Anglo-French, Old French fals,  feminine false  < Latin

false·ly, adverb
false·ness, noun
half-false, adjective
qua·si-false, adjective
qua·si-false·ly, adverb


1. mistaken, incorrect, wrong, untrue. 2. untruthful, lying, mendacious. 3. insincere, hypocritical, disingenuous, disloyal, unfaithful, inconstant, perfidious, traitorous. 4. misleading, fallacious. 5. artificial, spurious, bogus, forged. False, sham, counterfeit  agree in referring to something that is not genuine. False  is used mainly of imitations of concrete objects; it sometimes implies an intent to deceive: false teeth; false hair. Sham  is rarely used of concrete objects and usually has the suggestion of intent to deceive: sham title; sham tears. Counterfeit  always has the implication of cheating; it is used particularly of spurious imitation of coins, paper money, etc.

Republicans, the party of
DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO
Edited 1 time by fancyred 07/06/11 07:48.