apocryphiar

== English == === Etymology === Coined by war journalist Martha Gellhorn. Blend of apocrypha +‎ liar. === Noun === apocryphiar (plural apocryphiars) One who rewrites history to their own advantage or tells self-aggrandizing falsehoods. === Further reading === Moorehead, Caroline. "Gellhorn: a twentieth-century life." New York:Picador 2003. (Page 5)