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muckraking collapse: the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)

whispering campaign collapse: the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate

figment collapse: a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"

character assassination collapse: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

concoction collapse: the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"; an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"; any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

rumor collapse: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth; tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

goose collapse: web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks; flesh of a goose (domestic or wild); give a spurt of fuel to; "goose the car"; prod into action; pinch in the buttocks; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl"

turkey collapse: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food; an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"; flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted; a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923

grouse collapse: popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet; flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil; hunt grouse

roaster collapse: a special cooking pan for roasting; flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting; a cook who roasts food; a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment); "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got"

forgery collapse: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

hearsay collapse: heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information"

quail collapse: small gallinaceous game birds; flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

squab collapse: an unfledged pigeon; a soft padded sofa; flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled; short and fat

broiler collapse: an oven or part of a stove used for broiling; flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling

myth collapse: a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

grapevine collapse: gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"

fabrication collapse: the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery); the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"; writing in a fictional form; a deliberately false or improbable account

falsity collapse: the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"

lie collapse: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; position or manner in which something is situated; Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968); tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"; be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"; be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position; have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"; be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

fiction collapse: a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

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