Word of the Day... Hyperbole

[Aunt Marg]

Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
"he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles"

 

[Kaila]

Myself, I tend not to use hyperboles, when speaking to others,
as they are apt to be more easily misunderstood than more realistic wordings, or seen as overly dramatic by some.

However, we probably all use them sometimes, in order to add spice and expression of our feelings, at the same time as information, when communicating.

 

[Kaila]

" When I found out what had actually happened at school that day,
I screamed my head off."


Is that a hyperbole?

 

[Aunt Marg]

Well, Kaila, there's hyperbole, and then there's HYPERBOLE.

 

[Kaila]

 

[ohioboy]

Rhetorical hyperbole in the U.S. is not generally considered as a basis for Defamation lawsuits.

 

[RnR]

Hyperbole seems to be the rhetoric choice of politicians and some business CEOs worldwide IMO.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Hyperbole seems to be the rhetoric choice of politicians and some business CEOs worldwide IMO.

You won't get an argument out of me on that, RnR.