Word: liar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Infernal villain ; insane ; insolvent ; insulting to ladies; ironical praise (such as to call an attorney "an honest lawyer" when the opposite is implied) ; itchy old toad ; liar ; mere man of straw ; obituary of a living person...
...present age, Ananias may enjoy a religious resurrection more premature than that premised nineteen centuries ago. For the oracular omniscience from Brooklyn has placed a syndicated wreath on the grave of the supreme liar of history. The dramatic example which clinches the justification of lying further serves to revivify the long-dead Ananias. Were a man chasing a woman with intent to kill and the woman slipped down a side street unobserved. Dr. Caedmon asserts that he would feel no scruples in misdirecting her pursuer...
...merely to suggest that the concealing, congealing, civilized man became more honestly himself, more obviously himself when in his cups. And though Mr. Nathan may have had more psychological training above Cayuga's waters than did Horace above the Fountain of Bandusia, he knows little more of men. A liar is nearly always a liar. But he is only more obviously a liar when drunk. And when Mr. Nathan disputes the axiom of his elder he is missing this point. But then one cannot expect an eclectic critic to realize every point when there are so many pages to write...
Princeton, N. J., November 5, 1926--At a mass meeting of undergraduates that packed Alexander Hall beyond its limit Captain McMillan said; "Captain Cheek of Harvard says Harvard will return with the victory on Saturday. Now either he or I will be a liar after this game is over, because I say Princeton will...
...understand the meaning of the English word, a liar is one who conveys false facts with intent to deceive. I did not make the statement reported and I have never attempted to deceive...