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pushing a false narrative

A phrase created by activist Reena Walker and first used in her group Progressive Black Thinkers on Facebook and then picked up by political writers and producers in the news media that were group members. It means to convey a story that isn't real but to characterize it as if it is by creating a false story behind the situation in order to make it factual, when the history itself never happened.
Donald Trump is pushing a false narrative that the Mueller investigation is a witch hunt created by the Democratic party, even though Mueller is a Republican.

That guy got caught cheating by his girlfriend but was pushing a false narrative that he and the other woman were just friends, to anyone who would listen.
by keyanswers June 9, 2018
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The Narrative

A conspiracy theory stating that liberal & left-wing media outlets such as CNN cherrypick news stories in order to promote ideas of demonisation against “privileged” groups, such as mass shootings carried out by white perpetrators, and likewise embargo stories that contradict this point of view, such as rampant black-on-black violence.
“What? White Farmers are being murdered in South Africa? Why isn’t anybody reporting this!?”

“Because it doesn’t fit The Narrative.”
by Carnefice October 8, 2019
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Narrative Plains

The different tellers that can exist in a story.
The two narrative plains in Huckleberry Finn are:

The omniscient, adult, experienced " puppet master" Mark Twain
The limited, naïve, in experienced perspective of 12 year old Huck.
by AXmanAxler March 11, 2011
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narrative theft

When someone tries to tell you what you think and why you think that way.
You just tried to tell me that "You Liberals reject everything Trump does without reading his tweets." that's narrative theft.
by Fenshaw August 28, 2017
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The Narrative Effect

The effect strong narrative, either books, movies or television can have on the mood and attitude for some consumers. Akin to using music to psych up yourself before an occasion yet more subtle in its effect. Known to influence tone of speech, walk or general demeanor.
It was the tone of the piece, you know the narrative effect, that made him quiet for days. It was the most profound change I'd ever seen in him. It like really touched him deeply.

She started walking tall, like she was unstoppable, after watching Wonder Woman. Like she was imbued with the spirit of the film. It was definitely the narrative effect.
by Kovarchi October 25, 2018
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Nice Narrative Niece

A phrase sarcastically used to indicate one's disgust or indifference towards a tl;dr story. Like Cool Story Bro but if the story teller were female.
Person A: (lengthy tale about how Person A tragically broke up with his/her mate the other day)

Female Person B: Nice narrative niece
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Sometimes abbreviated as IWVMLTBEFTN or IWLTBEFTN, this is something you might say when your friends want to drag you into petty drama.

Originates from a July 18, 2016 tweet from Taylor Swift after Kim Kardashian posted a recording of a phone call between Swift and rapper Kanye West regarding the contents of his song "Famous".
I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be a part of, since 2009
by zaphod13 June 29, 2023
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