Fib
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mid 16th century: perhaps a shortening of obsolete fible-fable ‘nonsense’, reduplication of fable.
wiktionary
Probably from fable; compare fibble-fable(“nonsense”).
Shortened from fibula.
fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)
Short for Fibonacci.
etymonline
fib (n.)
"a lie," especially a little one, "a white lie," 1610s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from fibble-fable "nonsense" (1580s), a reduplication of fable (n.).
fib (v.)
"tell trifling lies," 1680s, from fib (n.). Seldom, if ever, transitive. Related: Fibbed; fibbing; fibbery.
