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Munchhausen

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Noun1.Munchhausen - German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunterMunchhausen - German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
Baron Munchausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Munchausen
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Baie is egte liegverhale soos die van die agttiende-eeuse Baron von Munchhausen, waarin die refrein "My kleinkjend, jy sal nou nie vir oompie hierdie leuen glo nie, maar ek se vir jou dis waar" telkens eggo.
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s wonderful, but our typical thought grooves are often firmly imprinted, and thinking our way to better thinking can be as difficult as pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, or by your hair, for Baron Munchhausen fans.
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3) Asher named the condition after Karl Friedrich Hieronymous von Munchhausen (the anglicized spelling of the name is different from the German version), an 18th century (1720-1797) German baron and one-time mercenary officer in the Russian cavalry who was purported to be a teller of wildly exaggerated tales--a claim that itself may have been exaggerated.
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