Home › Words › F › fibberyfibberyfibbery means the telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.EtymologyFrom fib + -ery.nounThe telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.e.g.“Instead, lenders appear to be complicit in the rampant fibbery that is one of the root causes of our continuing mortgage nightmare.” — 2008 April 6, Gretchen Morgenson, “A Road Not Taken by Lenders”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.fabling 71% match — The act of telling fables. vs fibbery →unfibbing 68% match — Not lying; truthful. vs fibbery →fourbery 66% match — deceit, an unprincipled action. vs fibbery →fakery 64% match — Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this. vs fibbery →bullshittery 62% match — False or misleading statements; bullshit. vs fibbery →bibbery 62% match — Drinking, especially of alcohol. vs fibbery →fibber 61% match — A liar. vs fibbery →fribbledom 60% match — Frivolous or trifling behaviour. vs fibbery →