tall story

A story that is greatly exaggerated or particularly imaginative, such that it is difficult to believe; a tall tale. My uncle has always been fond of telling tall stories about his time overseas. I used to believe him when I was a kid, but now I've learned to just laugh along.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Borislava	bah-ree-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Bulgarian, Serbian, Russian
Helmuth	HEL-moot	German
Loren	LAWR-ən	English
Liberia	-	Late Roman
Matthia	-	Old Church Slavic
Huang	-	Chinese