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fancy talk(noun, exaggeration, gas)
2
fantasy(noun, literature, lie, nonfiction, story)
2
farfetched story(noun, expression, lie, exaggeration, bunk)
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fine talk(noun, exaggeration, gas)
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misrepresentation(noun, lie, fantasy, bias, book)
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story(noun, deception, lie, bias, falsehood)
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tall talk(noun, exaggeration)
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trumped-up story(noun, expression, lie, bunk)
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white lie
1
aggrandizement(noun, fancy, line, excess, exaggeration)
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amplification(noun, fancy, line, excess, exaggeration)
1
baloney(noun, fancy, line, lie, bias)
1
best seller
1
blague
1
boasting(noun, fancy, line, excess, exaggeration)
1
buncombe
1
bunk
1
bunkum
1
caricature(noun, fancy, line, excess, embellishment)
1
chestnut(noun, lie, falsehood, gag, sketch)
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