fib
[noun]
Synonyms: lie, fiction, story, untruth, white lie

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Related Idioms: tall tale, draw the long bow, stretch the truth
Related Words: equivocation, evasiveness, mendacity, untruthfulness, concoct, fabricate, make up, trump up

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English Thesaurus: lie/tell a lie, fib, make something up/invent something, mislead, be economical with the truth, ...

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I. fib¹ /fɪb/ noun [countable] spoken
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Perhaps from fable]
a small unimportant lie ⇒ white lie:
He’s been known to tell fibs.

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II. fib² verb (past tense and past participle fibbed, present participle fibbing) [intransitive] spoken
to tell a small unimportant lie:
I think you’re fibbing.
—fibber noun [countable]

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fib
noun
VERB + FIB tell Don't tell fibs!

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lie/tell a lie to deliberately tell someone something that is not true:
She had lied to protect her son.
Are you accusing me of telling lies?
fib verb [intransitive] informal to lie, especially about something that is not very important – used especially by children:
Dan’s fibbing. I didn’t hit him.
make something up/invent something to invent a story, explanation etc in order to deceive someone:
I didn’t want to go so I made up an excuse and said I was busy.
He invented the tale to prevent his parents from finding out the truth.
mislead verb [transitive] to make someone believe something that is not true by giving them false or incomplete information:
The government misled the public over the war.
be economical with the truth to only tell someone part of the truth – often used when saying indirectly that someone is lying:
He admitted that he had perhaps been economical with the truth.
perjure yourself/commit perjury to tell a lie in a court of law:
He had perjured himself in court.
Witnesses will be prosecuted if they commit perjury.
tell (somebody) a lie
He got into trouble for telling a lie.
believe a lie
How could you believe his lies?
spread lies (=tell them to a lot of people)
How dare you spread such vicious lies?
a complete/total/outright lie (=something that is completely untrue)
Of course the whole thing was a complete lie.
She didn't want to tell her mother an outright lie.
a white lie (=a small lie that you tell someone for good reasons, for example to avoid hurting their feelings)
We all have to tell white lies sometimes.
a downright lie (=used when something is a clearly a lie, especially when you feel annoyed)
That's a downright lie. I never said any such thing!
a vicious lie (=one that is very unkind and very untrue)
He told the court that it was a vicious lie from beginning to end.
a blatant lie (=an obvious lie)
He felt sure Adams was not convinced by such blatant lies.
a barefaced lie British English, a bald-faced lie American English (=an obvious lie that is told with no sense of shame)
How can you stand there and tell me such a barefaced lie?
an elaborate lie
Her parents didn’t realise that it was all an elaborate lie.
a big lie
The lawyer said it was a ‘big lie’ that Jones had not received the message.
a pack of lies informal (also a tissue of lies British English formal) (=a lot of lies)
Everything he had told me was a pack of lies.
lie noun [countable] something you say or write that you know is untrue:
Would you tell lies to protect a friend?
The allegation is a complete lie.
white lie noun [countable] informal a lie that you tell to avoid upsetting someone:
We all tell white lies sometimes.
porky noun [countable usually plural] British English informal a lie – a very informal use:
He’s been telling porkies again.
falsehood noun [countable] formal a statement that is not true, especially one that is intended to give people the wrong idea about someone or something:
He described the allegations as malicious falsehoods.
untruth noun [countable] formal a lie – used especially when you want to avoid saying the word lie:
Some workers go off and tell untruths about the organisations for which they are working.
fabrication noun [uncountable and countable] formal a story or claim that someone has invented in order to deceive someone, or the act of doing this:
The claim was described as a fabrication by the police prosecutor.
He dismissed the charges as pure fabrication.
libel noun [uncountable] law the crime of writing lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, especially in a newspaper or magazine:
She sued the newspaper for libel.
libel laws
slander noun [uncountable and countable] law the crime of speaking lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, or an untrue statement which does this:
He’s threatening to sue them for slander.
a slander on the good name of the company
Linking his name to terrorism was a slander.

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lie noun [countable] something you say or write that you know is untrue:
Would you tell lies to protect a friend?
The allegation is a complete lie.
white lie noun [countable] informal a lie that you tell to avoid upsetting someone:
We all tell white lies sometimes.
fib noun [countable] informal a lie, especially about something that is not very important – used especially by children:
Have you been telling fibs?
porky noun [countable usually plural] British English informal a lie – a very informal use:
He’s been telling porkies again.
falsehood noun [countable] formal a statement that is not true, especially one that is intended to give people the wrong idea about someone or something:
He described the allegations as malicious falsehoods.
untruth noun [countable] formal a lie – used especially when you want to avoid saying the word lie:
Some workers go off and tell untruths about the organisations for which they are working.
fabrication noun [uncountable and countable] formal a story or claim that someone has invented in order to deceive someone, or the act of doing this:
The claim was described as a fabrication by the police prosecutor.
He dismissed the charges as pure fabrication.
libel noun [uncountable] law the crime of writing lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, especially in a newspaper or magazine:
She sued the newspaper for libel.
libel laws
slander noun [uncountable and countable] law the crime of speaking lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, or an untrue statement which does this:
He’s threatening to sue them for slander.
a slander on the good name of the company
Linking his name to terrorism was a slander.
lie/tell a lie to deliberately tell someone something that is not true:
She had lied to protect her son.
Are you accusing me of telling lies?
make something up/invent something to invent a story, explanation etc in order to deceive someone:
I didn’t want to go so I made up an excuse and said I was busy.
He invented the tale to prevent his parents from finding out the truth.
mislead verb [transitive] to make someone believe something that is not true by giving them false or incomplete information:
The government misled the public over the war.
be economical with the truth to only tell someone part of the truth – often used when saying indirectly that someone is lying:
He admitted that he had perhaps been economical with the truth.
perjure yourself/commit perjury to tell a lie in a court of law:
He had perjured himself in court.
Witnesses will be prosecuted if they commit perjury.

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FIB
Friendly Illinois Buddy

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f.i.b.
Free into bunkers. Free into barge

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