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fibbing

WordNet
  1. (n) fibbing
    a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
Usage in the news

For one year, things were fine, but the atrial fib returned. sunjournal.com

'The Lie' review: the comically sad life of the fibbing hipster. blog.oregonlive.com

The common belief is that people will subconsciously look to the left when telling the truth and to the right when fibbing. cbsnews.com

Democrats Fib Again about Israel Democrats pretend to be pro-Israel even as they cool to the Jewish state. nationalreview.com

Paul Ryan's Marathon Fib A Pair Of Empty Running Shoes Explains Implications. courant.com

Ignacio De La Fuente's Big Fib . eastbayexpress.com

I have "A- fib " heart condition. cbsnews.com

Seattle Medic One Tops 50% Survival Rate in Witnessed V- Fib . jems.com

Obama's Climate Position: A Lie Inside a Fib Coated with Spin. motherjones.com

Let's not fib to ourselves: Parents lie. blog.timesunion.com

Fibbing on web sites should be a crime. cbsnews.com

On "Black Swan," happy road trips, and a fibbing Sasha. espn.go.com

Pentagon Says WikiLeaks Is Fibbing . newsweek.com

Apple's Biggest Hater Apologizes for Foxconn Fibs. ired.com

About a third of students at two universities admit that they fib in year-end course evaluations, The Des Moines Register reports. chronicle.com

Usage in scientific papers

Fibonnacci streams Define a co-inductive predicate, called local fib, that is satisfied by any stream such that, if n, m, p are consecutive elements, then p = n+m.
CoInduction in Coq

Prove that the stream that is created satisfies the two predicates (increasing and local fib).
CoInduction in Coq

Subramanyan, Springs of the Hermite polynomials, Fib.
Hyperforests on the Complete Hypergraph by Grassmann Integral Representation

Djordjevi´c, On some properties of generalized Hermite polynomials, Fib.
Hyperforests on the Complete Hypergraph by Grassmann Integral Representation

GaAs sample is affixed to the cantilever tip using a focused ion beam (FIB) technique.
Measurement of statistical nuclear spin polarization in a nanoscale GaAs sample

Usage in literature

They had either to tell a fib or offend their visitors. "Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall" by Janet D. Wheeler

We did like it, though, so we didn't have to fib. "In Blue Creek Cañon" by Anna Chapin Ray

Pshaw, pshaw, you fib, you baggage, you do understand, and you shall understand; come, don't be so nice. "The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2]" by William Congreve

Right at the beginning she told them how she hated a story, fib-story she meant. "Emmy Lou" by George Madden Martin

Accustomed as I am to harsh language, I am quite prepared to hear my 'poetic rendering' branded as a 'falsehood' and a 'fib. "Fragments of science, V. 1-2" by John Tyndall

And I thought you were fibbing again. "The Tale of Grunty Pig" by Arthur Scott Bailey

That was a fib and well I knew it. "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

They fibbed some, but not entirely. "The Planet Strappers" by Raymond Zinke Gallun

I told her, she was the first sweetheart I ever had; as you know, Ned, a little bit of a fib. "The Flag of Distress" by Mayne Reid

A few fibs, and, if the worst should come, my sword. "The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851" by Various

Usage in poetry
"Well, it IS curious, I agree,
And sounds perhaps like fibs:
But still it's true as true can be -
As sure as your name's Tibbs," said he.
I said "My name's NOT Tibbs."