Terminological inexactitude Terminological inexactitude Terminological inexactitude is a phrase introduced in 1906 by British politician Winston Churchill. Today, it is used as a euphemism or circumlocution meaning a lie or untruth. Churchill first used the phrase following the 1906 election. Speaking in the House of Commons on 22 February 1906 as Under-Secretary of the Colonial Office, he had occasion to repeat what he had said during the campaign. When asked that day whether the Government was condoning slavery of Chinese labourers in the Transvaal, Churchill replied: It has been used as a euphemism for a lie in the House of Commons, as
Arne Lie (politician) the Ministry of Trade. He then served as office manager in the Bank of Norway from 1960, head of department in OECD from 1968. From 1971 to 1972 he served in Bratteli's First Cabinet as a State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister. He returned to the same post in Bratteli's Second Cabinet from 1973 to 1976. He died in September 1996 and was buried at Nordre gravlund. Arne Lie (politician) Arne Gunnar Stein Lie (16 January 1927 – 25 September 1996) is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Oslo.