I love words!!  This is a good thing since I love to talk and I tell stories (nooooo, not lies**much**storytelling stories).
Anyway, I love them so much that I enjoy reading dictionaries (can we say Geek) and my friends tell me about interesting words they find, hear, see.
A friend of mine sent me a word the other day and I am in LOVE with it.
CONFABULATE
Don't you love it  It just rolls off the tongue. Confabulate
How could I have lived almost 50 years without this word.
confabulate \kun-FAB-yuh-layt\ verb
1 : to talk informally : chat
*2 : to hold a discussion : confer
3 : to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication
Did you know?
"Confabulate" is a fabulous word for making fantastic fabrications. Given the similarities in spelling and sound, you might guess that "confabulate" and "fabulous" come from the same root, and they do — the Latin “fabula,” which means "conversation, story." Another “fabula” descendant that continues to tell tales in English is "fable." All three words have long histories in English: “fable” first appeared in writing in the 14th century, and “fabulous” followed in the 15th. “Confabulate” is a relative newcomer, appearing at the beginning of the 1600s.
So, my favorite meaning is #3: to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication.
WOW!! I think that means we are all confabulators(?) 
Hmmmm  ....I'm thinking I need new business cards. There must be a way to use confabulate on my card?????
Any ideas???? 
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