The Big lie (n.) is one large enough that doubting it makes the doubter sound unstable.
The Big lie (n.) is a major untruth uttered frequently by leaders as a means of duping and controlling the constituency.
Calumny (n.) is like snowballs; the longer one rolls them, the bigger they become.
Calumny (n.) is like some annoying wasp, against which one must make no move unless one is sure of killing it, or else it will return to the charge more furiously than ever.
Calumny (n.) is only the noise of madmen.
Calumny (n.) is like the wasp which worries you, and which it ih not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of slaying it; for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever.
Fake news (n.) is rumor with a budget and distribution list
Fake news (n.) is a softer term for "propaganda".
Fake news (n.) is reported information with the remarkable quality of being disagreeably untrue when applied to oneself but agreeably true when applied to others.
Fake news (n.) is mostly a concern of people who get their news from actual fake news sites.
A Fib (n.) is told to spare a feeling and costs a fact.
A Fib (n.) is a lie told by someone you already intend to forgive.
A Fib (n.) is a lie sized to survive a dinner table.
A Fib (n.) is a lie that has not cut its teeth.