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- noun A
falsehood told with utterconfidence and without trying to conceal the fact that it is false, especially aplanned ordeliberate falsehood.
Etymologies
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barefaced ('unconcealed, audacious, shameless') + lie.
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gulyasrobi commented on the word barefaced lie
HU = szemenszedett hazugsag (a lie picked eye by eye)
July 19, 2012