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Hyperbole

Word of the day on 25 February 2010.

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64
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harrarp
A mere grain of salt makes a hyperbole hard to swallow.
@harrarp

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  • MaltaGoddess
    64
    Points
    Less is more. Therefore, I never use a hyperbole when asked my age.
    @MaltaGoddess
  • TiddK
    61
    Points
    hyperbole story: my goldfish drinks like a fish. 5 bottles of vodka last night. Now? HE's still, but his bowl's spinning like mad
    @TiddK
  • kado56
    61
    Points
    Adolescent hyperbole - "my life is over"
    @kado56
  • OddlyStarry
    57
    Points
    ...and Hyperbole gets the ball, he shoots... GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    @OddlyStarry
  • JonPowles
    55
    Points
    "Captain, we're about to enter hyperbole-space" "very good, Mr Sulu. Set Phasers to fulsome and engage the XHR8 drive"
    @JonPowles
  • navinsasikumar
    55
    Points
    There was a young mole/Who loved a hyperbole/Out of his molehill,he made a mountain/Said it would reach right upto heaven
    @navinsasikumar
  • Tralala56
    52
    Points
    I get email hyperbole almost every day. I wish they'd realize that "enlargement" doesn't interest women at all!
    @Tralala56
  • lithiumzombie
    47
    Points
    Two's company, three's a hyperbole.
    @lithiumzombie
  • tWordBird
    47
    Points
    Fowl hyperbole : Big Bird
    @tWordBird
  • SJHatzi
    45
    Points
    And there are those who cannot hear how much they're loved - they think it all a hyperbole. They're wrong.
    @SJHatzi
  • Gardencomet
    45
    Points
    Thre once was a man named Max/who used hyperbole not facts/his way with ladies/ was hotter than Hades/they'd swoon when he said "Just relax"
    @Gardencomet
  • DaveCurry
    45
    Points
    Whirling dervish's hyperbole? Spinning a fantastic yarn.
    @DaveCurry
  • SaraiLune
    44
    Points
    I will give you the moon, you just have to ask for it #hyperbole (but I'm keeping the sun for myself)
    @SaraiLune
  • lagadu123
    44
    Points
    Hyperbole: I am old as the hills, big as a house and I weigh a ton. There is no such thing as 'enough chocolate' - no, that one's true
    @lagadu123
  • tama001
    44
    Points
    The hyperbole of the wonderful word, by the wonderful word, for the wonderful word. #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • MaxRaunchiness
    43
    Points
    How could I exaggerate / when it comes myself to evaluate / My lovin can surely set you free / And I would never use hyperbole
    @MaxRaunchiness
  • AaronLivingston
    42
    Points
    Hyperbole to a kinesiologist: it's just a little stretch. #artwiculate
    @AaronLivingston
  • dmriver
    40
    Points
    over fence crankiness ~ arm wavin hyperbole ~ leaf blower at dawn #haiku
    @dmriver
  • ultracutebot
    40
    Points
    liebchen, i adore you. in 13 days, ineffable bliss is ours. that's not hyperbole, that's the honest to god(?) truth.
    @ultracutebot
  • DrJillZ
    39
    Points
    @artwiculate I told you a million times never to use hyperbole
    @DrJillZ
  • Ysabeluna
    38
    Points
    hyperbole for teeners in love : "i can't sleep, i can't eat, i can't live another day without even a glimpse of you my sweet "
    @Ysabeluna
  • DrMobs
    37
    Points
    Why is it that every time I use redundant hyperbole as a device in a rhetorical query, I ask myself this question?
    @DrMobs
  • lippy73
    36
    Points
    She suffers from narcissistic hyperbole – she’s just the most beautiful thing she’s ever seen! #artwiculate
    @lippy73
  • StarOfSavannah
    36
    Points
    Images projected on smoke/ Magenta fantasia & cadmium phantasmagoria/ What cinematic sequences lay waiting?/ Hyperbole behind closed eyes
    @StarOfSavannah
  • emmaexpress
    36
    Points
    Hyperbole? No, no, no, no, I have never, ever, once used such a rhetorical device to hammer my point home.
    @emmaexpress
  • grrl74
    34
    Points
    exaggeration / she's the reigning queen of it / hyperbole girl #senryu #poetweet #artwiculate
    @grrl74
  • agezoko
    32
    Points
    About Hyperbole: The commercials of a diet.
    @agezoko
  • pranavmukul
    32
    Points
    Hyperbole - I've told this a million times before that I don't repeat myself.
    @pranavmukul
  • dkthareja
    32
    Points
    A common hyperbole of self-esteem in teens: I am the best.
    @dkthareja
  • CaliforniaKara
    31
    Points
    Hyperbole: Super excited cereal receptacle.
    @CaliforniaKara

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