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  • Exaggerator, even liar, manipulated wuss, spoiled rich kid, uncomfortable in his own skin -- the stories never stopped or varied.

    Maureen Dowd Devotes Whole Column To Edwards' Hair 2009

  • Gore also got typecast as ... quot; Wooden Al the Exaggerator.

    Why Do Progressives and Liberals Fear Ralph Nader? 2008

  • Now since falsehood is in itself low and blameable, while truth is noble and praiseworthy, it follows that the Truthful man (who is also in the mean) is praiseworthy, and the two who depart from strict truth are both blameable, but especially the Exaggerator.

    Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle

  • Now the Exaggerator is thought to have a tendency to lay claim to things reflecting credit on him, both when they do not belong to him at all and also in greater degree than that in which they really do: whereas the

    Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle

  • Here it is the Exaggerator (as being the worst character) who appears to be opposed to the Truthful Man.

    Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle

  • Being a Gross Exaggerator in an interview is painful.

    Planet TW 2010

  • Coming off as a WYSIWYG while Semi-bluffing is safe, but coming off as a Gross Exaggerator can cost you a job.

    Planet TW 2010

  • These days I tend to put people into 3 categories when interviewing them: Gross Exaggerator, WYSIWYG, and the Semi-bluffer.

    Planet TW 2010

  • These days I tend to put people into 3 categories when interviewing them: Gross Exaggerator, WYSIWYG, and the Semi-bluffer.

    Planet TW 2009

  • Coming off as a WYSIWYG while Semi-bluffing is safe, but coming off as a Gross Exaggerator can cost you a job.

    Planet TW 2009

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