canard \kuh-NAHRD\, noun:
1. An unfounded, false, or fabricated report or story.
In French canard means "duck" or "false news; hoax." The latter sense of the word probably comes from the phrase vendre un canard à moitié, "to half-sell a duck" -- which is to say, not to sell it at all, hence "to take in, to make a fool of."
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My whole life's meaning has been opened up and described in the oddest of sources... my name. As God as my witness, I will never be a half duck again...
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