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An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting

(drawn or written) A piece that has humorous connotations

Amusing anecdote, joke

So often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective

Something that is invented or untrue

Something said to cause amusement or laughter

A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge

A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience

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Noun

An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting

shaggy-dog story

firsthand account

long and short of it

fictional account

traveller's tale

cock and bull story

characterization

front-page news

work of fiction

piece of fiction

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

sequence of events

particularization

written account

the whole picture

written material

critical analysis

practice session

trial performance

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“The only way in which I can recuperate my humiliation is to turn it into an amusing anecdote that elicits laughter or sympathy.”

Noun

(drawn or written) A piece that has humorous connotations

Noun

Amusing anecdote, joke

amusing anecdote

Noun

So often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective

hackneyed saying

hackneyed phrase

overworked saying

threadbare phrase

vapid expression

triviality truism

motherhood statement

words of wisdom

pearls of wisdom

overworked phrase

pearl of wisdom

recurrent image

signature phrase

idiomatic expression

guiding principle

universal truth

self-evident truth

intrinsic truth

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Noun

Something that is invented or untrue

alternative fact

misrepresentation

trumped-up story

creative writing

terminological inexactitude

cock and bull story

figment of imagination

figment of the imagination

work of fiction

works of fiction

work of imagination

piece of fiction

little white lie

departure from the truth

flight of fancy

cock-and-bull story

shaggy-dog story

traditional story

fictional account

castle in the air

disingenuousness

phantom of the mind

creature of the imagination

creation of the brain

false statement

misinterpretation

misunderstanding

economy with the truth

figment of one's imagination

conspiracy theory

remarkable story

one for the birds

mistaken belief

castles in the air

prepared speech

science fiction

fictitious story

sword and sorcery

long and short of it

traveller's tale

idealization^US

idealisation^UK

romantic fiction

romantic short story

sense of excitement

sense of history

romantic comedy

adventure story

sense of adventure

sentimental fiction

lack of veracity

imaginativeness

fool's paradise

telling stories

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

castle in Spain

imaginative faculty

double-crossing

creative thought

underhandedness

putting on an act

pretentiousness

ostensible reason

little white lies

false information

will-o'-the-wisp

bending of the truth

virtual reality

misleading information

lying under oath

wilful falsehood

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

power of invention

wishful thinking

cloud cuckoo land

product of someone's imagination

fanciful notion

flight of imagination

imaginative power

bearing false testimony

forswearing oneself

false testimony

giving false evidence

violation of an oath

fraudulent imitation

making false statements

fraudulent copying

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Noun

Something said to cause amusement or laughter

double entendre

shaggy-dog story

unreasonableness

nonsensicalness

preposterousness

good-natured remark

shaggy dog story

witty communication

sardonic remark

bit of mischief

acknowledgement^UK

acknowledgment^US

snappy comeback

good-humoured mockery

lightheartedness

mischievousness

light-heartedness

light-mindedness

doubles entendres

light-headedness

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Noun

A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge

historical account

personal history

piece of writing

curriculum vitae

personal record

personal narrative

personal account

trials and tribulations

family background

sequence of events

personal anecdote

editorial column

critical analysis

critical assessment

published writing

secondary source

textual examination

publicity story

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Noun

A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience

words of wisdom

pearls of wisdom

pearl of wisdom

secondary meaning

idiomatic expression

guiding principle

choice of words

working principle

overworked saying

hackneyed saying

way of speaking

figure of speech

signature phrase

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