I think Rathergate is a good opportunity to add another new word to the English language, following in the footsteps of “fisking” and “dowdification”. I suggest the following:
rath·er verb: to assert the truth of an obvious falsehood in flagrant defiance of observable fact.
Example usage: “Oh, ignore him. He’s rathering again.”
September 17th, 2004 at 10:08 pm - Edit
“… of observable fact, specifically when following the creedo ‘The End justifies the Means’”.
Or, ‘in serving your political ideology’.
“He’s a rathering idiot.”
Mary Mapes is allegedly the one that’s worked on this for 5 years wandering around asking “Have you seen memos like this?”.
She probably deserves memorialization as well.