Re: meanings not in english

Steg Belsky scripsit:

> 'sketching' is just
> non-malicious; my prototypical example of sketching is a student making
> up an untrue reason why they missed class.  They're not trying to hurt
> the teacher, they're just trying to get themself out of trouble.   'fish
> stories' would also fall under the 'sketch' category.
The Catholic church, which has reasons to distinguish kinds of sins,
does make this distinction, thus making the types of lies threefold:
malicious, officious, and jocose lies.  Officious lies are those told
to benefit oneself or another.

(.Sigmonster did a gooood job here!)

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