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Whopper

whopper
- 1785, formed as if from whop (v.) "beat, overcome," first recorded 1575, of uncertain origin. Meaning "big lie" is recorded first in 1791. Whopping "large, big, impressive" is from 1706.
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1.
  ~ n informal 1 something unusually big  (The fish Mike caught was a real whopper!) 2 a lie ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (whoppers) 1. If you describe a lie as a whopper, you mean that it is very far from the truth. (INFORMAL) ...the biggest whopper the president told. N-COUNT 2. If you refer to something as a whopper, you mean that it is an unusually large example of the thing mentioned. (INFORMAL) As comets go, it is a whopper. N-COUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   noun  Etymology: 1whop  Date: circa 1712  1. something unusually large or otherwise extreme of its kind  2. an extravagant or monstrous lie ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  n. sl. 1 something big of its kind. 2 a great lie. ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
  1. разг. громадина, чудовище 2. разг. наглая, бессовестная, чудовищная ложь ...
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  noun; coll.  1) громадина  2) наглая ложь ...
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