| gasconade(noun, rage, claim, stuff, swank) |
| inflation(noun, raise, gain, rise, fancy) |
| overvaluation(noun, overestimation) |
| tale(noun, lie, story, falsehood, fib) |
| yarn(noun, fancy, line, lie, embellishment) |
| equivocation |
| exacerbation(magnification, aggravation, worsening) |
| fancy(noun, line, embellishment, hyperbole, overstatement) |
| fantasy(noun, fancy, line, embellishment, hyperbole) |
| lampoon(noun, sham, parody, misrepresentation, charade) |
| affectation(noun, arrogance, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance) |
| big talk(noun, expression, talk, hype, gas) |
| blague(falsehood, boasting) |
| bombast(noun, claim, swank, brag, affectation) |
| cock-and-bull story(expression, lie, falsehood, fib, bunk) |
| false coloring(expression, idiom, falsehood, misinterpretation) |
| figure of speech(noun, expression, idiom, turn, embellishment) |
| grandiloquence(noun, rage, claim, stuff, swank) |
| heightening(development, expansion, magnification, aggravation, worsening) |
| magniloquence(noun, rage, stuff, affectation, pretentiousness) |