Have you told any lies today? Remember: “if you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
Mendacity [men-das-i-tee] (noun):
1. Untruthfulness, tendency to lie.
2. An instance of lying, falsehood.
Example:
She knew she couldn’t believe someone who had mendacity flowing in his bloodstream. She simply smiled and walked away.
Share an example of the way you would use today’s word.
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He had the mendacity to pretend he actually knew how use the word in a sentence.
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His arrogance and mendacity led him to his own doom when he stood before the jury and gave a false testimony, thereafter finding himself in prison, convicted of perjury.
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the power of the whole truth told can inspires a creative energy within our soul
Never even knew that was a word, but it sounds like it could be useful in writing š
truth without tenderness is dishonesty
You use words so well! I look forward to your posts.
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There’s a great passage about mendacity in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
I am not being mendacious when I tell you that you have been tagged, http://newauthoronline.com/2014/02/10/omg-ive-been-tagged/