lie

     

A lie, is a type of eception in the form of an untruthful statement with the intention to deceive, often with the further intention to maintain a secret or reputation, to protect someone's feelings from getting hurt, or to avoid punishment. To lie is to state something one believes is false with the intention that it be taken for the truth by someone else. A liar is a person who is lying, who has previously lied, or who tends by nature to lie repeatedly.

Trivia about lie

  • Bite your tongue while eating & it means you've done this, though not necessarily "under oath"
  • Position of ball after a stroke, which is sometimes a fib
  • It's the 3-letter position of the ball & may be "good" or "bad" depending on the height of the grass
  • Sure, I was an astronaut...okay, I just exhibited signs of mythomania, or the impulse to do this
  • I cannot tell a prevarication: it has this 3-letter synonym

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