Disingenuine

[Garson O'Toole]

Here are selected cites for disingenuine.

On June 6, 1989 a Congressional Subcommittee Hearing was held
concerning the "Veal Calf Protection Act". One of the participants was
Bradley Miller, Executive Director, Humane Farming Association, and he
used the term "disingenuine":

Many of the veal industry lobbyists flew to Sacramento in California
to testify against our State legislation, which, by the way, makes it
a little disingenuine when they talk about there is plenty of State
legislation that would outlaw this cruelty, when, at the same time,
they are fighting these very efforts on the State level.

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.319510030854682


In 1993 a Boston Globe reporter suggested that the spoken use of
"disingenuine" by a politician was an error.

Cite: 1993 June 23, Boston Globe, GOP leader learns ropes, hopes to
untie tongue by Don Aucoin, Page 22, Boston, Massachusetts. (ProQuest)

Indeed, some Republicans longed for Locke when they heard Lees
repeatedly say "disin-genuine" when he meant "disingenuous" during
debate, …


In 1996 a New York Times writer used "disingenuine" and the editor did
not block it.

Cite: 1996 March 10, New York Times, POLITICS: BOB DOLE; Political
Mechanic Strives for Big Picture by Katharine Q. Seelye, Page 1.18,
New York. (ProQuest)

... and those who say that while he [Bob Dole] may need to develop a
few oratorical skills -- like building an argument rather than stating
the bottom line -- he would come across as disingenuine if he suddenly
adopted a high-blown rhetorical style, which he probably would refuse
to do anyway.

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70617FC3D5D0C738DDDAA0894DE494D81
http://goo.gl/DqtMm


In 2000 a federal judge used the term "disingenuine". The newspaper
reporter and/or editor put the term in quotes.

Cite: 2000 January 6, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Judge Denies St. Croix
Chippewa Right to Intervene in Casino Lawsuit by Gary Dawson, Page 2B,
St. Paul, Minnesota.

Crabb, when initially refusing the tribe's attempt to intervene in
December, called the move "disingenuine" because it came only a few
weeks before the settlement, when reports that a settlement may be
made were published by news media as early as last spring.


Google Books has a match that it dates to 1987. I have not tried to
verify this cite on paper. Date probes look ok for 1987 or 1988.
Volume 32 is dated 1987, and Volume 33 is dated 1988 according to a
library catalog.

The Polish review: Volumes 32-33
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America - 1987 - Snippet view
 (I didn't manage to adopt an intelligent expression), a statement
meant to be seen through since Claudius came to power by dint of his
disingenuine ingenuousness. ...

http://books.google.com/books?id=Jp9WAAAAYAAJ&q=disingenuine#search_anchor


On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net> wrote:
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> From a friend's Facebook update:
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> In the 1990s when there was money to be made on the right, [Arianna
> Huffington] was more conservative than Pat Buchanan. Now that there is money
> on the left, she's on the far left. She sold the Huffington Post for
> billions of dollars. She is disgusting and disingenuine. I hope it catches
> up to her.
>
> Not in the Eggcorn Database as far as I can tell, though it is in Urban
> Dictionary:
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Disingenuine
>
> It's also in an entry at the website for Verbotomy, "the create-a-word
> game":
> http://www.verbotomy.com/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=14201
> Disingenuine
> Created by: Rutilus
> Definition: n A lie told by a politician which is not really a lie, because
> in their heart of hearts, they are pretending it is true. v. To believe you
> are telling the truth even though you know it's really not.
> Pronunciation: dis-in-jen-yoo-in
> Sentence: Clarence was a smooth parliamentarian; he was intelligent,
> articulate, charismatic and debonaire. Versed in the art of spin, his web of
> lies glittered before all like the truths they really were not. He was the
> complete disingenuine politician and the nation loved him for it.
> Etymology: disingenous - misleading, calculating; genuine - real, true
>
> Also at Wordnik: http://www.wordnik.com/words/disingenuine
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