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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fib \Fib\, n. [Prob. fr fable; cf Prov. E. fibble-fabble nonsense.] A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically. They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. --H. James. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fib \Fib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fibbed}; p. pr & vb n. {Fibbing}.] To speak falsely. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fib \Fib\, v. t. To tell a fib to [R.] --De Quincey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fib n : a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: {story}, {tale}, {tarradiddle}, {taradiddle}] v : tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit. When David said: "All men are liars," Dave, Himself a liar, fibbed like any thief. Perhaps he thought to weaken disbelief By proof that even himself was not a slave To Truth; though I suspect the aged knave Had been of all her servitors the chief Had he but known a fig's reluctant leaf Is more than e'er she wore on land or wave. No David served not Naked Truth when he Struck that sledge-hammer blow at all his race; Nor did he hit the nail upon the head: For reason shows that it could never be And the facts contradict him to his face. Men are not liars all for some are dead. Bartle Quinker
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