I'm gonna need flowers first. As for my statement, according to the American Heritage, I'm right!
American Heritage wrote:
lie2 (lī) pronunciation
n.
1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.
...but Merriam-Webster is wishy-washy about the truth and gives a lame
M-W wrote:
b: an untrue or inaccurate statement that may or may not be believed true by the speaker
I guess you just can't trust dictionaries these days.
My dead tree version of Webster's Unabridged jives with the American Heritage so I'm blaming that ***** Merriam for ruining it in the online edition.
Edited, May 29th 2008 6:03pm by Jophiel