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Fib vs Fibbery - What's the difference?

fib | fibbery |

As nouns the difference between fib and fibbery

is that fib is (informal) a , especially one that is more or less inconsequential or fib can be (medicine|informal) short form of fibula while fibbery is the telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.

As a verb fib

is to lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.

fib

English

Etymology 1

Probably from fable''; compare ''fibble-fabble (nonsense).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A , especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
  • * Henry James
    • They are very serious; they don't tell fibs .

    Verb

    (fibb)
  • To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
    • Synonyms
    * tell a fib * tell fibs

    References

    * (etymology)

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from fibula

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine, informal) Short form of fibula.
    • See also
    * tib

    Anagrams

    * * * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • weakness

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    Derived terms

    * fibot

    fibbery

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 6, author=Gretchen Morgenson, title=A Road Not Taken by Lenders, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Instead, lenders appear to be complicit in the rampant fibbery that is one of the root causes of our continuing mortgage nightmare. }}