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fairy tale

and bedtime story

n. a simplistic and condescending explanation for something; a lie. I don’t want to hear a fairy tale, just the facts, ma’am. I’ve already heard your little bedtime story. You’ll have to do better than that!

See also: fairy, tale

bedtime story

verb

See fairy tale

See also: bedtime, story