Associations to the word «Furphy»

Wiktionary

FURPHY, noun. (Australia) (slang) a rumour, or an erroneous or improbable story.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras