noun
twisting the truth in writing; distorting facts with fancy prose
A yojijukugo used for deliberately manipulating language to misrepresent the truth, often in a literary or rhetorical context. Rare in everyday speech.
彼の記事は舞文曲筆に満ちていて、事実とはかけ離れている。
His article is full of twisted writing and far from the truth.
曲筆 means 'distorted writing' or 'misrepresentation' more generally, while 舞文曲筆 emphasizes the act of playing with words to deceive.
A yojijukugo combining 舞文 (literary flourish) and 曲筆 (distorted writing). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but it is a classical Chinese-derived compound.