| yarn(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty) |
| barefaced lie(expression, lie, untruth) |
| chestnut(noun, lie, falsehood, rumor, fib) |
| clothesline(noun, lie, falsehood, rumor, fib) |
| cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, lie, story, falsehood) |
| cover up(noun, expression, acting, dissimulation, stagecraft) |
| coverup(dishonesty, falsity, acting, fabrication, dissimulation) |
| defamation(noun, lie, falsehood, rumor, fib) |
| detraction(noun, lie, falsehood, rumor, fib) |
| exaggeration(noun, lie, falsehood, rumor, fib) |
| fairy story(expression, lie, story, untruth) |
| fairy tale(expression, lie, story, untruth) |
| false report(expression, lie, story, untruth) |
| gossip(lie, falsehood, fib) |
| invention(lie, story, untruth) |
| made-up story(noun, expression, lie, falsehood, rumor) |
| misrepresentation(noun, lie, story, falsehood, untruth) |
| myth(lie, story, untruth) |
| porky(lie, untruth) |
| rigmarole(noun, lie, falsehood, rumor, fib) |