| jest(trick, fun, humor, gag, gibe) |
| laugh(trick, fun, humor, joke, gag) |
| ligature |
| mendacity(noun, line, deception, lie, sham) |
| play(fun, humor, gag, witticism, quip) |
| rambling tale(noun, story, tale, saga) |
| reading(telling, relating, unfolding) |
| recitation(report, account, picture, explanation, writing) |
| serial(noun, report, account, news, tale) |
| sham(noun, deception, lie, dishonesty, story) |
| sport(fun, humor, gag, witticism, quip) |
| stretch(fancy, line, exaggeration, embellishment, hyperbole) |
| white lie(expression, line, lie, fantasy, story) |
| anecdotage |
| antic(trick, fun, humor, joke, gag) |
| apologue(report, account, fantasy, story, news) |
| article(noun, report, account, news, tale) |
| belly laugh |
| blague |
| blow by blow(expression, idiom, report, account, picture) |