| word | hyperbole |
|---|---|
| definition | Extreme exaggeration. |
| eg_sentence | The food at Chez Pierre was good, but it couldn't live up to the hyperbole of the restaurant critics. |
| explanation | Advertisers and sports commentators make their living by their skillful use of hyperbole. Presenting each year's Superbowl as “the greatest contest in the history of sports” certainly qualifies as hyperbole, especially since the final scores are usually so lopsided. Equally hyperbolic are advertisers' claims that this year's new car model is “the revolutionary vehicle you've been waiting for” when it's barely different from last year's—which of course was once described in the same glowing terms. Politicians love hyperbole too; some of them seem convinced that calling a new bill “the worst bill ever passed by Congress” or comparing the president to Hitler is a great way to win votes |
| IPA | haɪˈpərbəˌli |
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