| fairy tale(expression, lie, story, joke, gag) |
| misrepresentation(noun, true, lie, story, untruth) |
| romance |
| canard(noun, deception, true, lie, sham) |
| mendacity(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty) |
| misstatement(noun, deception, true, lie, sham) |
| myth(lie, story, invention, untruth, fabrication) |
| white lie |
| cover-up(deception, lie, sham, story, untruth) |
| deceit(deception, lie, sham, story, untruth) |
| deception(lie, sham, story, untruth) |
| dishonesty(noun, deception, lie, sham, story) |
| dissimulation(deception, lie, sham, story, falsity) |
| distortion(deception, lie, sham, story, untruth) |
| episode |
| equivocation(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty) |
| erroneousness(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty) |
| error(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty) |
| fakery(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty) |
| fallaciousness(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty) |