| Admission of imprecision |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2026 |
| Fibber's admission |
Premier Sunday |
30 Nov 2025 |
| Admission of guilt in a social deduction game |
USA Today |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Owning-up admission |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2025 |
| Admission of perjury: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
25 Oct 2025 |
| Fibber's admission |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Oct 2025 |
| "Sorry, that wasn't true" |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Comment potentially followed by "So sue me" |
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| Fibber's confession |
LA Times Daily |
06 May 2025 |
| Fibber's admission |
Wall Street Journal |
03 May 2025 |
| "Don't believe me" |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Fibber's confession |
Premier Sunday |
16 Mar 2025 |
| "My words? Don't believe them" |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2025 |
| "OK, so that wasn't entirely true" |
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| Admission of dishonesty: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
13 Feb 2025 |
| "OK, that was untrue" |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2025 |
| "Fine, you caught me" |
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| I Said I Loved You... But _ _ (1,4) |
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| "Ignore that last comment" |
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| "OK, that wasn't totally true" |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Fibber's admission |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Admission of deceit |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Words sometimes followed by "So sue me" |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Perjurer's confession |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jul 2024 |
| "Please ignore my earlier comments" |
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| "That wasn't true": 2 wds. |
Commuter |
04 May 2024 |
| Admission of fibbing |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Apr 2024 |
| "OK, so that wasn't true" |
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| Fibber's confession |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2024 |
| "OK, that wasn't the truth" |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Fibber's confession |
LA Times Mini |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Fibber’s admission |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Admission of dishonesty |
Universal |
10 Oct 2023 |
| "OK, that wasn't the truth" |
Universal |
07 Oct 2023 |
| "OK, so that's not exactly true" |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2023 |
| "That wasn't exactly honest" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Phrase of fessing up |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Admission of deceit |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2023 |
| Fibber's admission |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Admission of dishonesty |
USA Today |
11 May 2022 |
| 'OK, it wasn't true' |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Lead-in to "So sue me!" |
Premier Sunday |
20 Mar 2022 |
| "That part was made-up" |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2022 |
| 'That part was made-up' |
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| Fibber's admission |
Premier Sunday |
30 Jan 2022 |
| "Fine, you got me" |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2021 |
| 'Fine, you got me' |
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| 'OK, wait, ignore me' |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2021 |
| 'Alright, that wasn't true' |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Fibber's admission |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2021 |
| 'It didn't happen' |
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| 'You caught me' |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Fibber's admission |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2021 |
| 'Alright, that was false' |
USA Today |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Fibber's admission |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jan 2021 |
| 'That wasn't exactly true . . .' |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Admission of deceit |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2020 |
| Admission of deceit |
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| Fibber's admission |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Fibber's admission |
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| Sheepish admission |
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| Sheepish admission |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2019 |
| Perjury confession |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2019 |
| 'That may not have been entirely accurate ...' |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2019 |
| 'OK, that wasn't true' |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2019 |
| "But you said ..." retort |
Universal |
20 Apr 2019 |
| "OK, that wasn't true" |
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| "But you said ..." retort |
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| Perjury confession |
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| "That may not have been entirely accurate ..." |
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| Admission of perjury |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2018 |
| "I'm sorry, ___" (twisted the truth): 2 wds. |
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| Admission of prevarication |
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| Fibber's confession |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2018 |
| Perjurer's admission |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2018 |
| "But you said..." response |
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| Perjurer's admission |
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| Admission of perjury |
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| 'But you promised!' retort |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Dec 2017 |
| "That wasn't quite true ... " |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2017 |
| 'That wasn't quite true ... ' |
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| Lead-in to 'So sue me' |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2017 |
| Fabulist's confession |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2017 |
| Coming-clean declaration |
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| Coming-clean declaration |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2017 |
| Jaw-dropping courtroom admission |
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| Jaw-dropping courtroom admission |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2017 |
| Confession about a story |
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| Terse admission of guilt |
New York Times |
26 May 2017 |
| Words before 'so sue me' |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Fibber's terse admission |
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| Jaw-dropping courtroom admission |
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| "That wasn't quite true ... " |
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| Confession about a story |
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| Admission of deceit |
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| Terse admission of guilt |
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| Words before "so sue me" |
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| Lead-in to "So sue me" |
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| Fabulist's confession |
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| Coming-clean declaration |
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| Ashamed admission |
LA Times Daily |
25 Sep 2016 |
| Fibber's admission |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2016 |
| Words before 'So sue me!' |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2016 |
| 'O.K., you caught me' |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Perjurer's confession |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2016 |
| Storyteller's admission |
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| Fibber's admission |
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| Ashamed admission |
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| Words before "So sue me!" |
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| Storyteller's admission |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Storyteller's admission |
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| Theory of a Deadman "The Truth Is ... (___ About Everything)" |
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| Fibber's confession |
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| Fibber's admission |
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| Sheepish admission |
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| Fibber's admission |
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| "Said I Loved You ... But ___" Michael Bolton |
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| Deceiver's confession |
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| Perjurer's admission |
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| Fibber's confession |
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| Perjurer's admission |
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| "Yeah, you got me" |
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| Comment often followed by "So sue me" |
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| Admission about a story |
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| Fibber's admission |
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| Storyteller's admission |
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| Storyteller's admission |
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| Coming-clean words |
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| An admission of falsehood |
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| Coming-clean words |
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| Fibber's admission |
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| Certain confession |
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| Frank admission |
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| "Well ... not exactly" |
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| Perjurer's admission |
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| Start of a confession, maybe |
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| Start of a confession, maybe |
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| "Well ... not exactly" |
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| Perjurer's admission |
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| Declaration that may be followed by "So sue me" |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2010 |
| Declaration that may be followed by "So sue me" |
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| Perjurer's confession |
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| "But you said..." response |
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| Admission of deceit |
|
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| Coming-clean words |
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| Deceiver's declaration |
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| Comment after "So" |
|
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| Coming-clean declaration |
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| "But you promised!" retort |
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| Words before "so sue me!" |
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| "That wasn't exactly how it happened" |
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| "That wasn't exactly how it happened" |
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| Fibber's confession |
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| Pinocchio's confession? |
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| "Baby ___" (Deborah Allen hit song) |
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| Perjurer's confession |
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| Prevaricator's admission |
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| It may be admitted in court |
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| Fibber's admission |
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| It may be admitted in court |
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| Fibber's words |
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| Fibber's confession |
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| Prevaricator's confession |
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| An admission of guilt |
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| Storyteller's admission |
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| "But you promised!" retort |
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| "But you said ..." response |
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| "You caught me!" |
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| Confessor's words |
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| Confessor's admission |
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| "Well ... not exactly" |
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| "You caught me!" |
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| "Okay, so it's not true" |
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| "You caught me" |
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| "So sue me!" |
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| "You caught me!" |
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| "Okay, so that didn't happen" |
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