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Effete Snob

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1. I saw that one a couple of weeks ago

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2023, 10:52 AM

Jan 2023

That "used the wrong words" thing was used in another high-profile context recently, but I can't recall it.

But it's a great phrase, you know?

Anytime you are caught lying, it's not that you were lying, you simply "used the wrong words".

Like if someone calls out George Santos for saying his mother died on 9/11, he could just say, "I used the wrong words."

You see how easy that is? You aren't dishonest or anything, it's those darn words that were wrong.

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Elon Musk didn't lie but just used the 'wrong words' in his Tesla funding tweet, his lawyer says [View all] highplainsdem Jan 2023 OP

I saw that one a couple of weeks ago Effete Snob Jan 2023 #1

It has definite appeal for con artists and liars of all types. highplainsdem Jan 2023 #2

I actually started using it Effete Snob Jan 2023 #3

+1 - Thanks for that laugh. c-rational Jan 2023 #7

As long as they have power and control, they don't care. Initech Jan 2023 #4

Was it the untrue ones? n/t Whiskeytide Jan 2023 #5

And as usual, those wrong words just happened to accomplish the desired end gratuitous Jan 2023 #6

"I didn't cheat on my spouse. Not even close. I simply slept with the wrong person." Midnight Writer Jan 2023 #8

"In a rush" Effete Snob Jan 2023 #10

I mean, really! Do they expect us to check IDs before having sex... Silent3 Jan 2023 #13

"In a rush, he used the wrong words," Disaffected Jan 2023 #9

I work for a living, so I can't use his excuse. Torchlight Jan 2023 #11

I didn't cuss out my boss. I just used the wrong words lame54 Jan 2023 #12