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   whopper

   /ˈwɒpə/

   noun

   • 1. a thing that is extremely or unusually large: informal "the novel is a 1,079 page whopper" Similar monsterbrutebeastgiantcolossusmountainbehemothleviathanmammothmonstrosityinformal:jumbo
   • ▪ a gross or blatant lie: informal "he's telling whoppers" Similar lieuntruthfalsehoodfibfabricationdeceptionmade-up storytrumped-up storyfake newsinventionpiece of fictionfictionfalsificationfalsityfairy story/talecock and bull storybarefaced lie(little) white liehalf-truthexaggerationprevaricationdeparture from the truthalternative factyarnstoryred herringrumourfablemythflight of fancyfigment of the imaginationpretencepretextshamrusewiletrickerystratageminformal:tall storytall talerhyming slang:pork pieporkyporky piehumorous:terminological inexactitude

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