7
cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, deception, true, lie)
7
fairy tale(noun, expression, idiom, lie, story)
7
falsity(noun, deception, true, lie, sham)
7
tall tale(noun, expression, informal, deception, true)
7
bullshit(noun, untruth)
7
canard(noun, deception, true, lie, sham)
7
equivocate(verb, promote, fake, plant, tell)
7
taradiddle(noun, untruth)
7
white lie(noun, expression, idiom, lie, story)
6
equivocation(noun, cover, line, deception, lie)
6
mendacity(noun, deception, lie, sham, story)
5
fish story(noun, informal, true)
5
jive(noun, verb, fake, tell, trick)
5
make up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, tell)
5
tarradiddle
5
tell a lie(expression, idiom, falsehood)
5
trump up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, fake, tell)
4
exaggerate(verb, promote, fake, plant, alter)
4
exaggeration(lie, falsehood)
4
fake(noun, verb, adjective, promote, alter)
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