War·nie [wawr-nee]
noun
- the process of altering the facts of an event in order to reverse guilt or blame.
- a publicly contrived story the opposite of which actually happened.
- made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; falsehood; a lie.
- to act in a manner becoming of Shane Warne.
Synonyms
prevarication, falsification, fib, lie
Autonyms
truth
Idioms
- to tell a warnie. (informal) Dazza spun such a warnie last night about Macca eating all the pies.
- to be a warnie (local: Melbourne) Bruce is such a warnie, you can’t believe a thing he says.
Origin
Old English warnee; cognate with German Varne, Old Norse varni; akin to Gothic vaaney; Modern English (since 2012) a dick.
