Yarn

Entertainment / Literature / Yarn: An informal name for a long, rambling story--especially one dealing with adventure or tall-tales. The genre typically involves a strong narrative presence and colloquial or idiomatic English. The tone is realistic, but the content is typically fantastic or hyperbolic.Cf. The Chinese p'ing hua and the Russian skaz. (Old English gearn)
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Yarn Verb Synonyms: tale, story, account, narrative, anecdote, tall tale, fable, fabrication, fiction, cock-and-bull story, whopper, fishing story, fish story, fish tale
Yarn Noun Synonyms: thread, fibre, strand
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Fit

Entertainment / Bowling / Fit: (1) How your ball is measured for your hands; your span, pitch etc. (2) The act of going between both pins on a baby split. MORE

Skaz

Entertainment / Literature / Skaz: A Russian yarn or tall tale in which the author dons the voice or persona of a fictitious narrator (typically an uneducated peasant). The genre thus allows the author to characterize the speaker throu MORE

Ping Hua

Entertainment / Literature / Ping Hua: A Chinese yarn or tall tale. The genre typically involves a strong narrative presence and colloquial or idiomatic Chinese. The tone is realistic, but the content is typically fantastic or hyperbolic. MORE