In Texas English a person who would lie when the truth fits better is a habitual liar. This may be either a person who lies for the fun of it or one who just pathologically cannot tell the truth.
Often it’s just someone with no conscience who takes advantage of the fact that most people in our society are generally honest. If we weren’t, business—and society as we know it—would collapse.
Anyway, you know the type. They will tell you that it’s clear and sunny when you are just about to step outside into a downpour. They’ll tell you the sun is shining at midnight in the winter. In other words, they will lie even when the truth is sure to be found out sooner or later.
It’s like they can’t help themselves. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t dangerous. Some of them are sociopaths, people who literally have no conscience. They may swindle you out of a lot of money or property, endanger your life, or generally cause you unmitigated grief.
Worse, some of them get control of giant corporations or even whole governments, where they can do all kinds of damage to millions of people. Very scary. I’m sure you know what I mean. I guess we can all think of someone who would lie when the truth fits better.
And that’s no lie.
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