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In Hindi, the word फेंकना (fenkna) describe an act of boasting in a way that is obviously untrue and ridiculous. It might be me bragging about swimming twenty miles few years ago. If you know me, and the fact that I lack any athletic experience, it would be easy to infer that the claim is plain absurd.

The word literally means "to throw", but its use that way is quite popular.

The closest word that comes to mind is "bullshiting", but I wanted to know if there's a more formal one to describe this action.

Shubham
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    I'm thinking on bluffing and synonyms but this might not be 100% suitable as bluffing doesn't imply boasting – psosuna May 18 '18 at 17:01
  • Perhaps braggadocio? – Faheem Mitha May 18 '18 at 17:07
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    Can you give an example of how you would like to use it in a sentence? – Azor Ahai -him- May 18 '18 at 17:52
  • It’s not boasting at all, it’s just the normal imparting of alternative facts. :-( – Jim May 18 '18 at 18:21
  • @psosuna Bluffing/faking is the right answer, You should consider putting it as answer. Bragging or boasting is type of bluffing which only exhibiting self-importance, while "fekna" encompasses not just bragging/boasting but frivolous lying. E.g. 1) He was Bluffing (Fekraha hai) about the details of the report. E.g 2) All the people in the room knew that XYZ was bluffing (Fekraha hai) about his new Ferrari. While the first example is about faking details, second example is about bragging but both are bluff (fekna) – AMN Dec 09 '19 at 10:58

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rodomontade noun (formal): ​

talk or behaviour that is boastful (= praising yourself too much) or exaggerated (= making something seem bigger or more important than it really is):

The President's boastful rodomontade was parodied abroad.

(Cambridge Dictionary)

Edit. It originates from the French, and is usually written, whether in verb, noun or adjectival form with a capital letter, based as it is on an extended use of Rodomonte, the name of a courageous, but hot-tempered and boastful Saracen leader, one of the characters in the epic poem Orlando innamorato by M. M. Boiardo (1495) and its continuation by L. Ariosto, Orlando furioso (1532). (OED).

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Examples, for braggadocio, as suggested by @Faheem-Mitha:

1 a : empty boasting

his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate

(Merriam-Webster)

great confidence that someone expresses in their own abilities and qualities:

For all his braggadocio, he must have had moments of doubt.

(Cambridge Dictionary)