fibber
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- noun
- /ˈfɪbər/
- Informal
- You're a big fibber.
- big fibber
- fat fibber
Examples
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I can also tell you're weak, selfish, slightly egotistical and a fibber.
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No one likes a fibber.
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I'm ashamed i called you a fibber.
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"What do they taste like, you little fibber?" Josie asked her.
Fiction book (1990) -
I think you're an old French fibber, Mrs. G.
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- Oh, Vincenzo, you big fat fibber.
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Look, we may be compulsive fibbers...
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You big fibber.
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I just mean that I don't recall you being such a fibber about an old man's looks.
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No one trusts a fibber because they're known for telling lies.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who often says things that are not true
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A person who often lies and makes up stories to impress or trick people
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A person who tells obvious, childish lies
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A person who makes up stories to trick people
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A person who makes up lies to trick people
Antonyms
How Honest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fibber comes from the short word fib meaning 'a small lie' and the ending -er that makes a word for a person, so a fibber is 'one who tells small or harmless lies'.