ADAM'S RIB LED TO FIB.Byline: Paul Routledge MEN tell twice as many lies as women, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a poll. No they don't, that's a downright fib. Us blokes don't lie, though we do sometimes find negotiating our way through the jungle of truth a bit difficult. If it looks like we're lying, that's only because we're trying to let the lady down gently. At the very most, we're guilty of nothing more than terminological inexactitude Terminological inexactitude is a phrase introduced in 1906 by British politician (later Prime Minister) Winston Churchill. Today, it is used as a euphemism or circumlocution meaning a lie or untruth. Churchill first used the phrase during the 1906 election. , as Winston Churchill so eloquently put it. In any case, there are lies, damned lies and opinion surveys - like this one, which "revealed" that men tell 126,672 fibs in a lifetime. Most men don't actually speak that often in their lives, much less lie so frequently. Ever since Eve offered Adam a bite of her apple, women have been much better liars than men, as any divorce lawyer Noun 1. divorce lawyer - a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while will tell you. |
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