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Hyperbole - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Hyperbole : (noun)
1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: exaggeration]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Hyperbole : \Hy*per"bo*le\, n. [L., fr. Gr?, prop., an
overshooting, excess, fr. Gr. ? to throw over or beyond;
"ype`r over _ ? to throw. See Hyper-, Parable, and cf.
Hyperbola.] (Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident
exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by
which things are represented as much greater or less, better
or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated
fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.
Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them
extravagant hyperboles. --Blair.
Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric,
the hyperbole, that it lies without deceiving.
--Macaulay.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Hyperbole |
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hackofalltrades: @SimonFairbairn ...a little Hyperbole to get things started, I see... @solobasssteve, how do you respond? #ratm |
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CarstenBN: "Promotional language imposes a cognitive burden on users who have to spend resources on filtering out the Hyperbole to get at the facts" !q |
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veek: @MarkKriegsman Allow me the Hyperbole. I'm having a productive morning doing work *in my field*. It feels so damn good. |
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