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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: finding word for telling a false statement #157477 03/22/2006 5:26 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Welcome wordsearcher. There are several ways to describe such a scenario. Suppose Bob has told Jim that all cats are purple, incorrectly, but in the sincere belief that it is so. The most concise way to describe this would be to say "Bob erroneously told Jim that all cats are purple." I don't know of a verb that specifically means to unintentionally say something untrue. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted finding word for telling a false statement wordsearcher 03/22/2006 4:22 PM Re: finding word for telling a false statement Alex Williams 03/22/2006 5:26 PM Re: finding word for telling a false statement dalehileman 03/22/2006 5:59 PM Re: finding word for telling a false statement Alex Williams 03/23/2006 12:22 AM Re: finding word for telling a false statement TEd Remington 03/23/2006 12:54 AM Re: finding word for telling a false statement TheFallibleFiend 03/23/2006 1:29 PM How about: TEd Remington 03/23/2006 2:16 PM Re: How about: Buffalo Shrdlu 03/23/2006 4:18 PM I found it, TEd! AnnaStrophic 03/23/2006 4:24 PM Re: I found it, TEd! Buffalo Shrdlu 03/23/2006 4:27 PM Re: I found it, TEd! dalehileman 04/05/2006 2:13 PM Re: I found it, TEd! AriFeanor 04/05/2006 2:45 PM Re: How about: belMarduk 03/23/2006 7:52 PM Re: How about: Jackie 03/25/2006 12:06 AM Re: How about: inselpeter 03/25/2006 1:19 AM Re: How about: consuelo 03/25/2006 11:39 AM Re: How about: Jomama 03/25/2006 5:09 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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