bold face liar

[Mark A Mandel]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Arnold Zwicky wrote:

#this array *could* result from there being two separate contributions
#to BOLD FACE: the general past-participle omission of MASH POTATO and
#its ilk, plus BOLD FACE LIAR now being treated by some speakers as a
#separate idiom ('someone lying with a bold face'), not involving a
#past participle.

Add to that, influence from "bold face type", which more people are
probably familiar with now because of word processing.

-- Mark A. Mandel