Only At IA: IAtionary: Hyperbole

01 April 2008

IAtionary: Hyperbole

hy·per·bo·le [hahy-pur-buh-lee] n.

1. An exaggeration in which neither X nor Y can be equal to zero; What's that huge curved graph taking up the entire white board and extending onto the wall? Oh, that's just a hyperbole.
Language of origin: Math to English

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