Tina Brown

It's one of the biggest fibs going that American newspapers are now being forced to give up their commitment to investigative reporting. Most of them gave up long ago as their greedy managements squeezed every cent out of the bottom line and turned their newsrooms into eunuchs.

American Editor

Julie Burchill

I don't really care what people tell children - when you believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, one more fib won't hurt. But I am infuriated by the growing notion, posited in some touchy-feely quarters, that all women are, or can be, beautiful.

British Journalist

Lynn Coady

Occasionally, chewing over some random letter writer's dilemma, I'll find myself imagining scenarios where the problem could be sidestepped by an innocent fib or series of evasive manoeuvres. Then, I slap myself on the wrist.

Canadian Novelist

Judith Viorst

Kids need to encounter kids like themselves - kids who can sometimes be crabby and fresh and rebellious, kids who talk back and disobey, tell fibs and get into trouble, and are nonetheless still likable and redeemable.

American Author

Vera Farmiga

My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.

American Actress

Jonathan Miles

Novelists lie for a living - what is a novel, after all, but an assembly of fibs paradoxically meant to illustrate something true? - but generally see a distinction between lying on the page and lying off it.

Rabih Alameddine

Harat' is actually - it's a Lebanese dialect word. It comes from 'the mapmaker,' somebody who makes a map. And it basically means somebody who tells fibs or exaggerate tales a little bit.

Lebanese Artist

Shawn Bradley

Whether I lived up to people's expectations of changing the game or franchise or what not, look: I went out, I worked hard, I didn't fib or lie or cheat anyone.

David Brock

When it comes to Republican debates, fibs and fits come first; facts come last.

Used for trivial lies that are often told to avoid hurting someone's feelings or for convenience.

Small Deceptions

Commonly used in casual conversation rather than formal or serious situations.

Informal Context

Frequently associated with children who might fib to escape trouble or punishment.

Often Juvenile

Used to make a situation seem better or less severe than it actually is.

Softening Reality

Sometimes employed when someone wants to keep personal information private without outright denying.

Evading Privacy

Considered a softer, less harsh way of expressing that someone has lied.

Gentler Than Lying

 at a reconstruction of the tooth Batteries I found a bone that was so bizarre initially when we had begun to clean it off in the lab I disowned it I said all the rest of the bones belong to this dinosaur but not this one I tried anything I went to a colleague worked on in fib Ian's for this belong to a fish I

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 in the last 24 hours think back have told a little fib or a big one how many have told a little lie out there all right good these are all the liars make sure you pay attention to them know that look good there's about two-thirds of you the other third didn't lie or perhaps forgot or you're lying to me

The future of lying -...

 in the last 24 hours -- think back -- have told a little fib, or a big one? How many have told a little lie out there? All right, good. These are all the liars. Make sure you pay attention to them. No, that looked good, it was about two thirds of you. The other third didn't lie, or perhaps forgot,

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Fib

Small Deceptions

Informal Context

Often Juvenile

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