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To: Lakeshark
For the record...

hy·per·bo·le

[hahy-pur-buh-lee]
 

–nounRhetoric.

1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyperbole

Example: "Like voting for Chuck Baldwin."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2525018/posts?page=334#334

347 posted on 06/02/2010 11:18:08 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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To: DoughtyOne
From your post 325: It just amazes me to come to this forum and see folks say, “She probably couldn’t do any worse than Obama, and would probably be better than Bush.”

A great example of hyperbole, you make it sound like that's a common attitude, and I'm betting you can't find many posts that say that out of the tens of thousands, heck I'm not even sure you can find one.

But that's typical of your rhetoric. Pure unadulterated hyperbole.

351 posted on 06/02/2010 11:23:34 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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