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Originally Posted by Challenger
This was my post to originate this thread. Not a discussion about ACA.
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Ok, thanks for the reminder. No point in going into ACA again.
However, on the topic of Professor Gruber, I would like to thank him for adding at least two new word to our language: to Gruber and Gruberish. This is helpful as we can be more alert to snide, elitist shenanigans of this type in the future.
Gruber verb groo-burr
: To tell a lie deliberately with the intent of misleading.
: To misinform people based on the belief that they are too stupid to understand the wisdom of your position.
example: To conceal the truth about major legislation, it was necessary to gruber the entire nation.
noun
: A calculated mistruth intended to deceive listeners
example: The explanation given in favor of the proposed bill was one huge gruber from one end to the other.
Gruberish noun groo-burr-esh
: Any bewildering deluge of falsehoods designed to confound an audience based on the speaker’s awareness that the truth must be concealed by any means necessary.
example: A preposterous mountain of gruberish was put forth intended to hide the fact that the entire nation had been grubered about a major piece of legislation.