whopper

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Noun

whopper (plural whoppers)

1. (informal) Something remarkably large.
   • 1939, Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

     There's a storm blowing up, Sylvester -- a 'whopper', speaking in the vernacular of the peasantry.

2. (informal) An outrageous and/or blatant lie.

Translations

• French: énorme, colossal, géant
• German: Mordsding, Oschi
• Portuguese: colosso, grandalhão
• Russian: грома́дина
• Spanish: chorro, montón, (Mexico) chingo

Translations

• French: énormité
• German: Lüge, Lügengeschichte, enorme Lüge
• Portuguese: mentirona
• Russian: гну́сная ложь
• Spanish: mentira cruel#Spanish|cruel, ponzoña

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