Noun
tall tale (plural tall tales)
(idiomatic) A greatly exaggerated, fantastic story.
He returned on Monday with a tall tale about a 100-pound fish he had caught.
" and "Queen of the Rails" as well as what may be his most famous composition, "Moose Turd Pie" citation wherein he tells a tall tale of his work as a gandy dancer repairing track in the Southwestern United States desert. Source: Internet
A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Source: Internet
Colloquially, a "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any far-fetched story or tall tale ; it is used especially of any story that not only is not true, but could not possibly be true. Source: Internet
In my tall tale retellings, for example, the tall-talk of the tall tale is as wild and unabashed as the frontier. Source: Internet
I don't mind either approach, but it makes for an awkward clash when an otherwise effective sequence through no man's land takes place during the middle of a Han-Solo-a-like's tall tale of bravery, redemption and airships. Source: Internet
People here who entertain visitors by bringing them downtown often relate a tall tale about how Chicago’s famous Water Tower is the only building that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Source: Internet