fibbery

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noun

The telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounfibbery (usually uncountable, plural fibberies)

plural fibberies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.

    Instead, lenders appear to be complicit in the rampant fibbery that is one of the root causes of our continuing mortgage nightmare.

    2008 April 6, Gretchen Morgenson, “A Road Not Taken by Lenders”, in New York Times

Origin

From fib + -ery.

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APA

fibbery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibbery

MLA

“fibbery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibbery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fibbery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibbery.

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