Disinformation

(v) A euphimism for the spreading of government-sponsored lies.

The Government doesn't lie, they engage in disinformation.

By Odessa

Disinformation

propaganda provided to conservatives from their various media outlets .

redneck 1 to redneck 2: "'disinformation is wat they done sayd on the radio talk show. its as reel as bigfoot!"

By Ellene

Disinformation

The fake news that distract us through our personal devices, which we seldom stop to question, because of our impatience and laziness to think critically.

If American voters had known that all the disinformation on social media during the presidential campaign were fabricated thanks to Putin and gang to increase the odds of Donald Trump becoming President, the world wouldn’t have been so chaotic and pessimistic today.

By Brinna

Selective Disinformation

Basically, it's when someone purposefully gives someone else false information, otherwise known as lying.

Victim: Dude, I thought you said she totally wanted go out with me!

Lier: Selective disinformation my friend.

Victim: What the fuck does that mean!?

By Piper

Trivial Disinformation

Feeding bad information or faulty logic to the opposing team when playing Trivial Pursuit in an effort to steer the team toward the wrong answer. Especially effective when done under the guise of lending a helpful hand.

Johnny's encyclopedic knowledge of geography and sports history, combined with the expertly-disguised stream of trivial disinformation that he gave the enemy, won the game for us tonight.

By Jacquie

Disinformation Tax

The adtech industry's practice of redistributing a percentage of advertisers' total spend to disinformation outlets around the world through negligent inventory vetting standards.

"I paid $65 for my mock neck at Summersalt. I wonder how much of that Summersalt has to pay towards Google's disinformation tax."

By Maurene

Russian Disinformation

An excuse used to quickly delegitimize an allegation being made against you.

I saw those DM‘s in your phone between you and another woman! Are you having an affair?

Naw baby, those DMs ain’t real! That’s Russian disinformation!

By Giselle

Disinformation

Any views that the group in power do not approve of

Anti vaxxers need to stop spreading disinformation.

You're welcome to take the poison and get your fatal blood clots, I'm not.

By Corabelle

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