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Munchausen

/ (German ˈmynçhauzən) /
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noun
an exaggerated story
a person who tells such a story
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Word Origin for Munchausen

C19: after Baron Münchhausen, subject of a series of exaggerated adventure tales written in English by R. E. Raspe (1737–94)
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