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  • noun Plural form of fib.

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Examples

  • The so-called fibs attributed to Gore are often nothing more than the press's requoting inaccurate news accounts by others.

    Mail Call 2008

  • "Well, she DOES, and they're too big to be called fibs," Harry said, stoutly.

    Princess Polly's Playmates Amy Brooks

  • 'Oh, I don't call fibs, which a person has to tell in the way of business, untruths.'

    A Woman Intervenes Robert Barr 1881

  • Jonathan Alter lists among political "fibs" of the past that Jimmy Carter falsely claimed to be a "nuclear engineer."

    Mail Call 2008

  • Imagine my delight when I learned to read and write and discovered that there were others out there with voices in their heads and that if you wrote them down they were no longer "fibs" but stories people wanted to read.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008

  • Imagine my delight when I learned to read and write and discovered that there were others out there with voices in their heads and that if you wrote them down they were no longer "fibs" but stories people wanted to read.

    Interview with CJ Lyons Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008

  • But it was fun and a great release to put these "fibs", with hints of truth, to paper.

    "Fibs" - The Newest Craze ** Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007

  • Since that initial blog, hundreds of web sites have linked to Pincus' post and thousands of "fibs" have been written and posted on the net.

    "Fibs" - The Newest Craze ** Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007

  • Since that initial blog, hundreds of web sites have linked to Pincus' post and thousands of "fibs" have been written and posted on the net.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007

  • But it was fun and a great release to put these "fibs", with hints of truth, to paper.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007

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