Lying and Made up

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Lying adjective - Telling or containing lies.

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Made up and lying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Made up" instead an adjective "Lying".

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Lying and made up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lying" instead an adjective phrase "Made up".

MacGyvering: Every mechanical item that the Doronbo use is usually made up of whatever's lying around.

Source: Anime / Yatterman Night
On an episode of How I Met Your Mother, Marshall says he's been using made up words to avoid lying to Lily.

Source: Perfectly Cromulent Word
E Brown knew that the man was lying (he had actually stolen his own property for the insurance money, then made up the story), since in real life, thunder follows lightning, not the other way around.

Source: Conviction by Contradiction

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