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fibbery

fibbery noun: the telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.

Noun

fibbery (usually uncountable, plural fibberies)

  1. (usually) The telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.
    • Instead, lenders appear to be complicit in the rampant fibbery that is one of the root causes of our continuing mortgage nightmare.2008 April 6, Gretchen Morgenson, “A Road Not Taken by Lenders”, in New York Times

Forms of fibbery

pluralfibberies

Origin of fibbery

From fib + -ery.

Questions about fibbery

What does fibbery mean?
Fibbery means the telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.
What part of speech is fibbery?
Fibbery is a noun.
What is the plural of fibbery?
The plural of fibbery is fibberies.

Words near fibbery in the dictionary

  1. fibbed
  2. fibber
  3. Fibber McGee's closet
  4. fibberies
  5. fibbers
  6. fibbery
  7. fibbie
  8. fibbies
  9. fibbing
  10. fibbings
  11. fibble-fable

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