whopper
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- noun
- /ˈwɑːpər/
- Informal
:
mentira gorda
- The whopper of a lie is that the Army could ever be satisfied with its recruitment numbers.
I mean, until he started coming out with the whoppers.
- I mean, until he started coming out with the whoppers.
Examples
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Boy, I heard some whoppers in my time, but that tops them all.
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Here's a whopper for you.
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And coming here with a whopper like this...
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That bill is a real whopper.
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Somebody once said that he did not often make a mistake, but when he did, it was a whopper.
Academic text (2005) -
His mistake was a whopper.
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Now, if you want to talk about mistakes, yes, I made a bunch of real whoppers.
Blog text (13) -
You will forgive someone for pointing out that this is a pretty huge whopper of a false statement.
Blog text (4) -
You've told a few whoppers yourself!
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He's known for telling a whopper every time he opens his mouth.
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Etymology
Whopper for a big lie is easiest to remember if you think of whopping ('very large'). A 'whopper' is a story so large or shocking that it feels hard to believe, so it became a name for a big, obvious lie.