faking the snake 

to add in a small specific detail in order to make your lie seem more convincing

Jim: "So he broke into her apartment, jumped her, tied her up, and kidnapped her. Oh, he also stole a pet snake."
Tim: "Hm, this story must be completely credible because a random, unnecessary detail was added in. Wait a second... he must've been faking the snake!"

faking the snake by erectiledysfunction55 November 1, 2017

Faking the Snake 

To add in a small specific detail in order to make your lie seem more convincing.

Person 1: After some light digging we find he has been arrested for kidnapping, false imprisonment, and theft of a snake.

Person 2: Dude, I know that's not true, you're just faking the snake!

Faking the Snake by a_random_stranger November 1, 2017

faking the snake 

To add in a small specific detail in order to make your lie seem more convincing.

"I think he's faking the snake. The stolen snake is the only thing that seems to make his story credible, the rest sounds like bullshit."

faking the snake by Niks Bro November 1, 2017

Faking the Snake 

Fake the snake: to add in a small specific detail in order to make your lie seem more convincing.

(DrDisastor) I worked with a guy who was down on his luck. He was really a strange guy but was nice enough that I didn't think anything of him. The poor bastard would walk several miles to work but never missed a shift. A few of us would pick him up/drop him off when the weather was bad or we felt like it. One night dropping him off we got to talking about the ladies at work and who we thought were attractive. He mentions he only really likes this one girl and with a cold realistic tone and stare tells me "And if you say anything I WILL kill you.". Riiiiight, NP man your secret is safe with me.

Fast forward a few months and creep just stops showing up to work. After some light digging we find he has been arrested for kidnapping, false imprisonment, and theft of a snake. Apparently he reconnected with an ex-GF and broke into her apartment, stole her pet snake, CAME BACK, jumped her and tied her up all the while wearing a fake cop outfit. No clue how he got caught or WTF actually happened. Dude had priors and was locked up for some time for that.

(Duke__Leto) The stolen pet snake makes this story completely credible because it’s such an unnecessary and random detail in the story.

(A_Voe) I officially coin the term faking the snake. Fake the snake: to add in a small specific detail in order to make your lie seem more convincing.

(Comments from Reddit thread: reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7a3tfn/what_is_the_creepiest_nsfw_thing_you_have/dp73931/)

Faking the Snake by IkarusIkarus November 2, 2017

Faking the Snake 

To add in a small specific detail into a lie in order to make your lie seem more convincing.

I thought the story he was telling was legitimate, then he added some random useless information to make the story seem more believable, then I knew he was faking the snake.

Faking the Snake by PhoneticPhoenix November 2, 2017

Faking the snake 

To add a seemingly random and/or useless detail to a story in order to make it more believable.

"So, one time when I was working as the cashier, this massive guy came into the store, wearing this odd shirt of a cobra..."
"Alan, are you faking the snake with me?"

Faking the snake by Picodreng November 3, 2017