The word 'fib' is correct and usable in written English.
It is informal and can be used to mean a small untruth or lie, usually told in a jocular manner. For example, "My grandfather always tells a few fibs about his age when he's talking to people he doesn't know very well."
The most fascinating word in Mr. DiPietro's puzzle is in the clues: I looked up "taradiddle" to find out that it is, indeed, a FIB.
And for all the talk of budget emergency, the real fib was revealed when it turned out the GP co-payment was not to pay off the debt or rising health costs, but to fund a "medical research future fund".
Mr Clegg says he did not ask Lord Scriven to send the tweet but said it was a "big, fat fib" to suggest the Tories could win the 323 seats needed for a Commons majority.Dave ducks a drubbing All three main party leaders had been expected to attend today's national assembly of Citizens UK, a network of student bodies, campaign groups and religious organisations that pushes for social justice.
This drawback was that governments tacitly accepted that trade liberalisation was a cost for which countries needed to be compensated the idea being that enlightened governments, wise to this fib, would use it to the tactical advantage of liberalisation.
But if they work they should mean better-informed purchasing of health care and thus keener competition.So far Mr Dobson's fib that markets and competition are out, and co-operation is in, is going largely unchallenged.
His conclusion is that Americans fib about what they watch, and that large majorities simply shun cable news.
And when they loyally back leaders, deny aspirations to be one or resign to spend more time with their families, politicians fib.
The welcome sign describes it as "A World of Excitement," which is a grotesque fib.
In the past few weeks that system has come under attack in the worst run on banks in 17 years.The central bank said runs on First Investment Bank (FIB) and Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), the country's third and fourth largest lenders, in the past two weeks were part of a "deliberate and systematic attempt to destabilise Bulgaria's banking system".
Facebook insists that you have to be 13 to use its service.The snag is that children fib about their age.
Dating-site bosses maintain that such instances are rare, but detecting them can be tricky.Even genuine profiles can be misleading: OkTrends, a blog run by OkCupid, reported last year that users routinely fib about things such as their height and wealth in order to boost their chances of being contacted.
