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Hyperbole - Word of the Day - Tue Aug 11, 2020


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Hyperbole - (noun) - extravagant exaggeration

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A common hyperbole is to say that is so hot you can fry an egg on the sidewalk.

 

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We don't usually notice how often we engage in hyperbole.

"I'm starving to death."

"If I can't go, I'll just die."

"I'd cut my arm off before I'd do that."

"I'm dying here."

"My parents will kill me."

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