Lavender lie

A lie or relative truth told for a specific, usually administrative purpose, to avoid unnecessary complications.

Border guard: "Do you live at this address?"
Me: "Yes." (truth: not anymore, but I still know someone who lives there who's agreed to get the mail for me, since I'm in the process of moving from my other temporary location)

Later in the family group chat

Me: I had to use another lavender lie at the border.
Bro: Makes sense since they can't handle complicated answers.

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