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Where lies and steel come from the same furnace, just different blueprints.
means The act of making something up — whether a falsehood invented from nothing, or a physical object built and assembled from parts.
from From Latin 'fabrica,' a workshop or craft, which gave 'fabricare,' to construct or forge — itself rooted in 'faber,' a worker in hard materials like metal or wood (the same 'faber' hiding in 'blacksmith' names and 'forge'). It entered English through French in the 15th century meaning honest construction; the sense of 'invented lie' came later, as if a falsehood were just another thing assembled in the mind's workshop.
- two meanings
- Building objects and building falsehoods, same word
- latin root
- From faber, meaning craftsman or maker
- chip making
- Modern microchip fabrication etches features thinner than viruses
- perjury kin
- Fabricated evidence can void entire criminal trials
- weld and welt
- Metal fabricators turn flat sheets into machines daily
volkswagen emissions scandal — vw fabricated diesel emissions test results for 11 million vehicles worldwide, 2015
theranos blood testing — elizabeth holmes fabricated results and capabilities of her edison blood-testing machine, 2018 conviction
jayson blair nyt articles — new york times reporter fabricated details in 36 published articles, exposed 2003