- obfuscation
- mendacity
- deceit
- exaggeration
- equivocate
- hoodwink
- lie
- fib
- falsify
- forge
- perjury
- traduce
- slander
- misrepresent
- dishonesty
- underhanded
- insincere
- duplicity
- chicanery
- hypocrisy
- treachery
- fraudulent
- subterfuge
- guile
- cheat
- ruse
- artifice
- hoax
- pretense
- sham
- ploy
- intrigue
- feint
- fool
- delude
- swindle
- bamboozle
- disingenuous
- untruthful
- artful
- scam
- perfidious
- gull
- cozen
- tergiversate
- bluff
- mislead
- dupe
- fake
- trick
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Like Snow to an Eskimo
According to legend, the Eskimos have many words for snow. How many, no one is really sure... maybe 50. Maybe 400. As an avid student of English, I have developed a theory that where snow must be remarkably significant to the Eskimos, deception must be a dominant priority for English speakers. Just off the top of my head, here's what I've got:
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