blague.
Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it.
Meaning & usage
Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.
To utter blague; to tell a falsehood that no one seriously believes; to bullshit.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.