porkies
Cockney for lies
Porkies is British slang for lies, from Cockney rhyming slang: porky pies = lies.
The singular porky appears, but the plural dominates: He's been telling porkies again.
The term is informal and mildly humorous rather than accusatory—you'd say someone's telling porkies about trivial matters, not about serious deceptions.
Petty falsehoods
- untruthsAssertions contrary to fact
- whoppersOutlandish untruths
- tall talesFantastical exaggerated stories
- fabricationsInvented untrue statements
falsehoods · stories · cockney · rhyming slang · deception · dishonesty · stretching the truth · inventions
fibs
Petty falsehoods
- untruthsAssertions contrary to fact
- whoppersOutlandish untruths
- tall talesFantastical exaggerated stories
fabrications · falsehoods · stories · cockney · rhyming slang · deception · dishonesty · stretching the truth · inventions · exaggerations
piglets
Young swine offspring
boars · piggies · oinkers · snouts · trotters · pink · farmyard · squealing · mud · wallowing
- Cockney slangapples and pears, boat race, mince pies, rhyming slang, bread and honey
porkiestruths
Accurate statements about reality
facts · verities · truth · honest truth · straight talk
porkiescandor
Unguarded truthfulness
frankness · truthfulness · straight shooting · sincerity · openness