| excuse(trick, sham, con, cloak) |
| fairy story(noun, expression, fantasy, story) |
| half truth(noun, expression, story, untruth) |
| jazz(noun, fancy, line, stretch) |
| jive(noun, deceit, alteration, spin) |
| made-up story(expression, fantasy, book, novel) |
| misinterpretation(noun, deception, mistake, error) |
| notion(noun, deception, mistake, error) |
| slander(dishonesty, deceit, untruth, fib) |
| smoke(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy) |
| untruism(noun, story, untruth, acting) |
| artifact(noun, deceit, invention, untruth) |
| barefaced lie(expression, untruth) |
| chestnut |
| defamation(dishonesty, deceit, untruth, fib) |
| detraction(dishonesty, deceit, untruth, fib) |
| false report(noun, expression, story, untruth) |
| gossip(report, claim, story, fib) |
| opus(noun, deceit, invention, untruth) |
| porky |