A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear.

synonym: fibbing.

Roget 520: equivocalness etc. adj.; double meaning etc. 516; ambiguity, double entente, double entendre [Fr.], pun, paragram^†, calembour^†, quibble, equivoque [Fr.], anagram; conundrum etc. (riddle) 533; play on words, word play etc. (wit) 842; homonym, homonymy [Gramm.]; amphiboly^†, amphibology^†; ambilogy^†, ambiloquy^†.    Sphinx, Delphic oracle.    equivocation etc. (duplicity) 544; white lie, mental reservation etc. (concealment) 528; paltering.    ... show more