From the Word of the Day feed in the right-hand column:
hyperbole \hy-PUHR-buh-lee\, noun:
Extravagant exaggeration.
Those were the days when I still liked hyperbole, before an excess of real drama killed my taste for the manufactured kind.
-- Katherine Russell Rich, The Red Devil
Hyperbole comes from Greek hyperbole, "excess," from hyperballein, "to exceed," from hyper, "beyond" + ballein, "to throw."
Yup, here in Texas we sure like to throw "it" around to excess.
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June 12, 2008
Greek Word, Texas Truth
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