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嘘っぱち (うそっぱち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

嘘うそっぱち

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そ

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ぱ

ち

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

total lie; downright lie

colloquial

Colloquial and emphatic; used to call something a complete, shameless lie.

あの話はなしは嘘うそっぱちだよ。
That story is a total lie.
彼かれの言いい訳わけは嘘うそっぱちに決きまっている。
His excuse is obviously a downright lie.

Written forms

嘘うそっぱちUsage71%
Standard kanji-kana spelling.
うそっぱちUsage29%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing.
嘘うそっ八ぱち
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

嘘lie, falsehood
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)

Similar words

嘘うそ
嘘 is the general word for 'lie'; 嘘っぱち is a stronger, more colloquial version meaning 'complete lie'.
大おお嘘うそ
大嘘 also means 'big lie', but 嘘っぱち carries a more dismissive, colloquial tone.

Etymology

嘘 (lie) + っぱち, an emphatic suffix. The suffix may be related to 八 (eight) used as a derogatory intensifier, but the exact derivation is uncertain.