So you've learned how to say "You're lying!", "I don't believe you", and
also how to try to convince someone that you're telling the truth
But what do you call someone who lies all the time?
These are some nouns that you can use
If someone lies all the time you can call them "a liar"
Now remember that most British accents are non-rhotic, so that "R" won't be super pronounced
it will sound like "liar" "a liar"
In most American accents however, it's rhotic, so that "R" will be quite pronounced for example "liar" "liar"
That's someone who lies in general, but let's get more specific
What about a person who lies in order to steal money?
Think business people. When someone lies for financial gain
"Fraud", "a fraud" you could also say "conman" but that's just for men
The gender-neutral version of this is a "con artist" a con artist
Or another interesting thing you could call someone is this
A "snake oil salesman", or more commonly you just say they're selling snake oil
Now this is fun because it's also a bit of history
Many years ago people would travel across the country
selling these little things of snake oil they would sell it as a medicine to cure
all disease and everything that was wrong with people
From headaches, colds, flu. I shit you not even deafness
Of course it was bollocks. It wasn't real medicine, it didn't work.
So even nowadays when someone tries to sell you an idea
or a product or specifically a medicine that they claim will change your life
will cure everything but it sounds like bullshit
You will say they are selling snake oil. A product which doesn't work
How about people who tell the truth?
When someone always tells of the truth, or most of the time tells the truth
You can say she or he is... because they're adjectives,
She is honest, trustworthy, or reliable
Be careful of the pronunciation with this one, the H is silent.
Be careful with the stress in the words too
Now you've learned how to say "You're lying!" by saying
But how can you say the type of lie that person is telling?
When someone is talking about the size or the amount of something
and they want to say "It's this much"
When in reality it's only this much
So when your friend is talking about the size of his...
and he's saying "Yeah it's this big!"
You know in reality it's only this big
"I think you're exaggerating!"
This next type of lie has to do with attraction and love
This next lie is about making someone believe that you're attracted to them or maybe even in love with them
maybe in order to get something from that person
The verb for this type of lie is: "Lead on"
So she could say in a past tense
Just don't lead people on, it's not nice!
I would have to say no, especially in this case
For example: If you've had a long day at work and no sleep
and you come home like "ah! I look like a zombie I'm so tired!"
and she wants to make you feel good!
She's not gonna say "Yeah you look awful!"
No, she's not going to hurt your feelings because she's a good friend
and she will say "No you don't look tired at all!"
This type of lie is harmless it's in order to not hurt the person's feelings
The name of this lie is a "white lie" or a "little white lie"
Now be careful, this is not used as a verb,
You won't say for example "I white lied"
To say it like a verb, you need to say
"He said he looked tired, so I told a white lie, I said he looked great!"
I don't think this situation would happen but let's imagine...
Maybe someone wants to rob you and they're saying
"Give me your money, or I'll shoot this very cute dog!"
When someone makes a threat that you don't believe is actually going to happen
or when someone claims to have power that you don't think they actually have
"a bluff"
Here for example he's saying: "You're bluffing,
I don't believe you will do what you say you will do in that threat"
Of course he's not going to kill the dog, look at this little face!
This is the same type of lie as in poker
When you want to pretend like you have really high cards but really have nothing!
It's "a bluff", or "you're bluffing"
If you haven't already, make sure you see the previous video!
Where I show you how to say "I think you're lying!"
Or how to try to convince someone that you're being honest!
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