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blague.

Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.

verb
  1. 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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