Bad faith [ edit ] Main articles: Bad faith (existentialism) and Bad faith The percent of good faith editors, vandals , spammers , and sockpuppets from 2004–2011, out of a random sample of 150–200 new editors per year on Wikipedia As defined by Sartre , "bad faith" is lying to oneself . Specifically, it is failing to acknowledge one's own ability to act and determine one's possibilities, falling back on the determinations of the various historical and current totalizations which have produced one as if they relieved one of one's freedom to do so. Barefaced lie [ edit ] A barefaced (or bald-faced) lie is one that is obviously a lie to those hearing it. The phrase comes from 17th-century British usage referring to those without facial hair as being seen as acting in an unconcealed or open way. [ citation needed ] A variation that has been in use almost as long is bold-faced lie , referring to a lie told with a straight and confident fa