Fib
noun
A lie that is considered small or harmless.
He told a little fib about his homework.
Often appears as...
- tell a fib
- little fib
verb
To tell a small or harmless lie.
She fibbed about her age on her dating profile.
Often appears as...
- fib about something
- fib to someone
noun
A lie that is considered small or harmless.
He told a little fib about his homework.
Often appears as...
- tell a fib
- little fib
verb
To tell a small or harmless lie.
She fibbed about her age on her dating profile.
Often appears as...
- fib about something
- fib to someone
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Small Deceptions
Used for trivial lies that are often told to avoid hurting someone's feelings or for convenience.
When he said he liked her cooking, it was just a fib to avoid upsetting her.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Context
Commonly used in casual conversation rather than formal or serious situations.
In the lunchroom, Joe fibbed for a laugh, claiming he'd baked the pie himself.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Juvenile
Frequently associated with children who might fib to escape trouble or punishment.
The child fibbed about not taking the cookie from the jar.
Pro Tip 1/3Small Deceptions
Used for trivial lies that are often told to avoid hurting someone's feelings or for convenience.
When he said he liked her cooking, it was just a fib to avoid upsetting her.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Context
Commonly used in casual conversation rather than formal or serious situations.
In the lunchroom, Joe fibbed for a laugh, claiming he'd baked the pie himself.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Juvenile
Frequently associated with children who might fib to escape trouble or punishment.
The child fibbed about not taking the cookie from the jar.
Pro Tip 1/3Small Deceptions
Used for trivial lies that are often told to avoid hurting someone's feelings or for convenience.
When he said he liked her cooking, it was just a fib to avoid upsetting her.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Context
Commonly used in casual conversation rather than formal or serious situations.
In the lunchroom, Joe fibbed for a laugh, claiming he'd baked the pie himself.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Juvenile
Frequently associated with children who might fib to escape trouble or punishment.
The child fibbed about not taking the cookie from the jar.
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
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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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 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
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Jeff Hancock: 3 types of...
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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Finding the transformativ...
called fib which is a focused Ian being and with this we're able to actually make this very intricate edgings of casos on single grains of sand when you think of something that's actually invisible actually they're more like grains of dust you know because if they
Video examples
Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
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
Video examples
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 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
Video examples
Jeff Hancock: 3 types of...
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,
Video examples
Finding the transformativ...
called fib which is a focused Ian being and with this we're able to actually make this very intricate edgings of casos on single grains of sand when you think of something that's actually invisible actually they're more like grains of dust you know because if they
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Quote examples
Tina Brown
American Editor
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.
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Julie Burchill
British Journalist
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.
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
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.
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Judith Viorst
American Author
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.
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Vera Farmiga
American Actress
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.
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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.
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Rabih Alameddine
Lebanese Artist
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.
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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.
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David Brock
American Author
When it comes to Republican debates, fibs and fits come first; facts come last.
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Tina Brown
American Editor
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.
Quote examples
Julie Burchill
British Journalist
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.
Quote examples
Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
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.
Quote examples
Judith Viorst
American Author
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.
Quote examples
Vera Farmiga
American Actress
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.
Quote examples
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.
Quote examples
Rabih Alameddine
Lebanese Artist
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.
Quote examples
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.
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David Brock
American Author
When it comes to Republican debates, fibs and fits come first; facts come last.
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