fib
A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequentialA lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
» That's a fib.
Це брехня.
Meaning
4 senses(informal)A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
Flunkerei, Schwindelei, Fabulation
вы́думкаvýdumka, до́мыселdómysel, непра́вдаneprávda
a trivial lie
(informal, rare)A liar.
(informal)The fibula.
(neologism)A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.
Examples
5 sentencesThat's a fib.
Це брехня. — deniko
Go tell those fibs to someone else.
deErzähl diese Schwindeleien doch jemand anders. — Tickler
To call that fabrication a fib would be a criminal understatement.
He's telling fibs again.
deEr flunkert schon wieder. — brunoalbinus
He's fibbing again.
deEr flunkert schon wieder. — brunoalbinus
Translations
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Origin
Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fible-fable (“nonsense”). Clipping of fibula. ShorUnknown. Probably from fable; compare fible-fable (“nonsense”).
Clipping of fibula.
Short for Fibonacci.
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