as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales?
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Recent Examples of fairy tale
As a child, Carrington was raised on fairy tales in an English manor house and as an adult was caught, tragically at times, in the upheaval of WWII Europe and in the constant company of Surrealists.
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july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
To pretend a Squid Game victory could be anything but pyrrhic would be to accept a fairy tale written by the worst people on the planet.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
While the Ferrari-Hamilton union started like a fairy tale, his time at the Italian team has been anything but a smooth ride during the season.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973) $11 The 1987 movie is universally beloved, but the funny and often brutal fairy tale is just a part of the original novel, a complex work of metafiction.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
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july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
To pretend a Squid Game victory could be anything but pyrrhic would be to accept a fairy tale written by the worst people on the planet.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
While the Ferrari-Hamilton union started like a fairy tale, his time at the Italian team has been anything but a smooth ride during the season.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973) $11 The 1987 movie is universally beloved, but the funny and often brutal fairy tale is just a part of the original novel, a complex work of metafiction.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy tale
Noun
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Basing a political movement on lies and conspiracy theories is inevitably going to come back to haunt you.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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The misinformation, and sometimes blatant lies, being spread around the country could result in someone stepping into a federal operation and suddenly finding themselves face-to-face with a killer who has nothing to lose.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The Coldplay public humiliation is a cautionary tale of atrophied American privacy.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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That tale is just one of many in the story that don’t show Joel in an especially flattering light.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Little Dream's cake also featured some butterfly detailing, as seen on Khloé's story.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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His story hit just as Pastel QAnon — a softer, Instagram-friendly offshoot of the movement — was flourishing.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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“Fairy tale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy%20tale. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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