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    [Noun]  | "hy*per*bo*le" | \ hī-ˈpər-bə-(ˌ)lē \


    1: extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Latin, from Greek hyperbolē excess, hyperbole, hyperbola, from hyperballein to exceed, from hyper- + ballein to throw {mat|devil|};

    [Noun]  | "hyperbole" 


    1: the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts;


      * e.g., " ... enough food to feed a whole army is a common example of hyperbole "





     [ "hyperbole" ]

    1: to exaggerate for dramatic effect, usually in speech; see also Sheriff John Bunnell

      * e.g.,  ... I've told you a thousand times to turn that TV off! 

     [ "hyperbole" ]

    1: the word we all thought was a pokémon.

      * e.g.,  ... Hyperbole! I choose you! 

     [ "hyperbole" ]

    1: Said at the end of a sentence when you didn't mean what you said or over exaggerated it.

      * e.g.,  ... "Go die in a hole. Hyperbole" 

     [ "hyperbole" ]

    1: What media hype, outrageous advertising, and the fans have made the super bowl into

      * e.g.,  ... Superbowl XLI is a perfect example of hyperbole 

     [ "hyperbole" ]

    1: a bowl traveling an excess of 3-8 trillion miles per second

      * e.g.,  ... wow, with this new bowl we will reach new solar system easily 

     [ "hyperbole" ]

    1: 1) often confused with the mathematical term "hyperbola", usually by silly girls with B blood-types.

      * e.g.,  ... Lubely: Good job! Now draw me a hyperbole! 

     [ "hyperbole" ]

    1: The state in which a male (or female) is in after ejaculation.

      * e.g.,  ... John: That was really great, the hyperbole kind of hurt. 

     [ "hyperbole" ]

    1: a leeds band,

      * e.g.,  ... a band as in muuuuuuzzzac hahah 


     [ "hyperbole" ]

    2: stef


     [ "hyperbole" ]

    3: sarah jay


     [ "hyperbole" ]

    4: yelly


     [ "hyperbole" ]

    5: zowie

     [ "Hyperbole" ]

    1: A way of exaggeration; overstating the situation; not taken precisely.

      * e.g.,  ... I am so hunger , I can eat a pig. She uses Hyperbole to express her feelings and hunger. 

     [ "Hyperbole" ]

    1: Hyperbole is used when you want to over exaggerate a statement or claim. Yet do not want said statement to be taken seriously.

      * e.g.,  ... An example of this would be saying “Andy kys nigger” this would be hyperboling my annoyance at you as you can tell by my referring to you as a negro when you are not. This shows my statement should not be take no seriously. However if i were to say “Josh you retarded nigger kys” that would not be a hyperbole as josh is retarded, while not a negro he acts like 1 and should swiftly end his life by chocking on my dick. 

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