Jan

17

Hyperbole

Filed Under H 

It is a word that isn’t pronounced like it looks, consequently some people mispronounce it. I had a boss, who was well educated and more than once he commented on someone’s “hyper-bowl.”

Def: extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech

Jim Nuznoff
Tallmadge, OH

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