tall-tale
Wildly embellished story
A tall tale is an exaggerated or outlandish story, often presented as if true despite being obviously fanciful.
The genre features impossible feats and larger-than-life characters: Paul Bunyan stories are classic American tall tales.
As a modifier, tall-tale describes anything characterized by wild exaggeration: his tall-tale account of the fishing trip.
Twisted strand for crafts
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
- fish storyBoastful exaggerated account
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
fabrication · fib · stretching the truth · campfire story · folklore · legend · myth · anecdote
Outsized thing or untruth
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- outlandishStrikingly weird or foreign-seeming
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
bigger than life · larger than life · incredible · preposterous · outrageous · implausible · far-fetched · boasting
Mythic giant woodcutter
- John HenryLegendary steel-driving laborer
- Davy CrockettAlamo's coonskin defender
- Johnny AppleseedLegendary American tree-planting pioneer
- frontierEdge of settlement
Pecos Bill · lumberjack · cowboy · American mythology · folk hero · oral tradition · pioneer · backwoods
yarn
Twisted strand for crafts
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
- fish storyBoastful exaggerated account
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
embellishment · fabrication · fib · stretching the truth · campfire story · folklore · legend · myth · anecdote · narrative
whopper
Outsized thing or untruth
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- outlandishStrikingly weird or foreign-seeming
hyperbole · bigger than life · larger than life · incredible · preposterous · outrageous · implausible · far-fetched · boasting · bragging
Paul Bunyan
Mythic giant woodcutter
- John HenryLegendary steel-driving laborer
- Davy CrockettAlamo's coonskin defender
- Johnny AppleseedLegendary American tree-planting pioneer
Pecos Bill · frontier · lumberjack · cowboy · American mythology · folk hero · oral tradition · pioneer · backwoods · trickster
tall-taletrue story
Narrative of actual events
nonfiction · eyewitness account · documentary · historical record · gospel truth
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