"I have coined a new term. The term is mine and no one else’s. If and when it gets used later, I’ll know I created it. The word is a descriptor for the lies that are full and complete lies (as opposed to little white lies) but can be parsed upon scrutiny so as to become legally in-actionable.
The word is “Clingo”--short for Clinton Lingo.
Clinton lies are the defining lies of the genre. If there ever is a dispute whether a lie fits into a “lie” category or the “Clingo” category, one must look to the source, Bill Clinton, and his legally accurate yet indisputable lies.
If it strikes at the heart of the matter, and the result of an answer to a question would be entirely different but for the lie, but can still be spun beyond recognition, than it is a Clingo. See also “Clintalk”.
A perfect Clingo example is the Clingo Bill told us in ’92 to get the nomination. He knew he had to lie. And he told us a whopping Clingo which allowed him to pass go and collect the $200.
Was it about some terrible thing? No, it was just a sex thing about Gennifer Flowers. It was the first Clingo we were treated to--one of thousands to follow, we now know. The draft dodge, the no-inhalation, the no anti-American Rhodes protest, the campaign cover-ups, the various “gates”, all the rest of the women (probably at least four score and seven, and that’s just in the Lincoln bedroom), and of course Monica.
But we as a country aren’t concerned! These were all Clingos, they effected the outcome of many crucial tests, and though they were just "little" lies, they were absolutely required in order for him to survive. They were Clingos.
Without the Clingo, he’s not our president! Any one of them. Some white lies, huh? But I’ll bet every Clingo can and will stand up in a court of law. Doesn’t matter. None of them stand up in the court of public opinion. Not even with those #ss-suckers who are forced by their choice to defend the slimy eel.
Nearly anything that has escaped the lips of the (former) president is a potential Clingo. Anything he said can and will be spun against us in a court of law or the senate. He will wait until all the facts of whatever investigation happens to be coming out, then he and his bootlickers will spin those facts beyond recognition. That is what Clintonites do..."