a tall talk
31buncombe — Synonyms and related words: Washingtonese, adulation, balls, baloney, big talk, bilge, blague, blah, blah blah, blandishment, blarney, bop, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cajolement, cajolery, claptrap, compliment, crap, eyewash, fair words …
32bunkum — Synonyms and related words: Grade A, Washingtonese, adulation, applesauce, balderdash, balls, baloney, bang up, big talk, bilge, blague, blah, blah blah, blandishment, blarney, blue ribbon, bop, bosh, boss, bull, bullshit, bunk, cajolement,… …
33bunk — Synonyms and related words: abide, abscond, applesauce, balderdash, balls, baloney, bed, bedstead, beguile, berth, bestow, betray, big talk, bilge, billet, blague, blah, blah blah, board, bop, bosh, break, bull, bullshit, bunkum, claptrap,… …
34high — high, tall, lofty mean above the average in height. High, the general term (opposed to low), implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation {a high hill} {a high building} or are placed at a… …
35exaggeration — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) False magnification Nouns 1. exaggeration, magnification, overstatement, inflation, puffing up, hyperbole, stretch, strain, [high or false] coloring, caricature, extravagance. See distortion, figurative …
36Alvin Schwartz (children's author) — Alvin Schwartz (April 25 1927, in Brooklyn, New York – March 14, 1992) was the author of books dedicated to and dealing with topics such as folklore and wordplay, many of which were intended for young readers. He is often confused with another… …
37ballyhoo — Synonyms and related words: PR, advertise, aggrandize, aggrandizement, amplification, amplify, bark, big talk, bill, blowing up, blurb, boost, bright light, build up, bulletin, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, celebrity, circularize, common… …
38burlesque — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Broadway, Thalia, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agile wit, amplification, amplify, anamorphosis, ape, arlequinade, bad likeness, ballyhoo, belie, big talk, black comedy, black humor, blowing up, botch, broad,… …
39caricature — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agile wit, amplification, amplify, anamorphosis, animated cartoon, bad likeness, ballyhoo, belie, big talk, black humor, blowing up, bosh, botch, build up, bunk, burlesque,… …
40travesty — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agile wit, amplification, amplify, anamorphosis, ape, bad likeness, ballyhoo, belie, big talk, black humor, blowing up, botch, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry… …
