1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, Book One, Chapter 4, A certain Phyllis Styles, an intercollegiate prom-trotter, had failed to get her yearly invitation to the Harvard-Princeton game. 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, 2001, Part Two, Chapter 4, He was given no food.
Lying. The ability to use the least amount of information (from the given truth), bend it to your will, add some bullshit to it, and add a dash of charm/reality-distortion field, while slowly changing the topic. Mom: Did you clean your room. Son: Yes i did, and it looks beautiful, as do you, can i have some dinner now. (while lying to his mom. In reality, all the son did was clean the visible part of the room that his mom could see, and quickly changed the topic).
Therefore pathological lying is lying that is caused by a pathology, occurs on a regular basis, is compulsive or impulsive & uncontrolled, and has self-defeating, self-trapping quality to it. Lying or self-deception is a part of everyday human interactions.auses of development of pathological lying can be, but are not limited to, one or more of the factors mentioned below: 1  A dysfunctional family; 2  Sexual or physical abuse in childhood; 3  Neuropsychological abnormalities; such as borderline mental retardation, learning disabilities etc. 4  Impulse control disorders; such as kleptomania, pathological 5  ... Ac