whopper

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

whopper
    n 1: a gross untruth; a blatant lie [syn: {whopper}, {walloper}]
    2: something especially big or impressive of its kind [syn:
       {whacker}, {whopper}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Whapper \Whap"per\, Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [See {Whap}.]
   Something uncommonly large of the kind; something
   astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998)
   usually spelled {whopper}. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster +PJC] Whapping

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [Cf. {Whapper}.]
   1. One who, or that which, whops.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. something very large, especially a big lie. Same as
      {Whapper}, but the more common spelling.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

WarGames
Whopper

   <recreation> (Not "War Games") A 1983 film about a schoolboy
   {cracker} using a {wardialer} to try to break into a games
   company's computer and accidentally connecting to a {backdoor}
   into "Whopper", a ficticious {C3} computer at Norad (USAF).
   He then procedes to unwittingly initiate global thermonuclear
   warfare.  Playing naughts and crosses finally teaches Whopper
   that the only way to win the game is never to play.

   IMDb (http://us.imdb.com/Title?WarGames+%281983%29).

   (1999-03-08)