Talk:Hyperbole

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apart from the question whether "9/11 was not nice" is a very tasteful example for understatement it is also rather a Litotes than a meiosis.

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Contents 1 "This is pretty much the worst film ever made so far." 2 hyper boll 3 Pronunciation 4 "Yo mamma" jokes? 5 Hype

[edit] "This is pretty much the worst film ever made so far."

Would "This is pretty much the worst film ever made" read better as "This film is practically the worst ever made.". Practical as in, the worst operation of making a film. ~ Improfane 22:41, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hyper boll

It should also not be confused with the hyper boll, a form of weevil known for its low tolerance to Caffeine It also shouldnt be confused with the Super Bowl, an anual American football match —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.69.83.28 (talk) 19:28, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

Well as they say - you say to·mäe·to, I say to·mā·to. Are we sure this isn't just an english/american pronunciation thing? And is it really worth mentioning the mis-pronunciation anyway? --81.156.110.23 22:27, 28 november 2007

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A common mis-pronunciation is /ˈhaɪpɚˌboʊl/ ("HY-per-bowl"). This was seen in action in the song "These Words" by Natasha Bedingfield.

First of all, it's such a rare word that it's not often used in speech; someone reading it aloud might mispronounce it in English class, but they'd be corrected by their teacher.

If Bedingfield said it wrong, it would be an amusing mispronunciation, not a common one.

The word is about as common as the word simile. People are more likely to say "exaggeration". --Uncle Ed 19:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Yo mamma" jokes?

Not exactly suitable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cubert12345 (talk • contribs) 16:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Hype

No dictionary I have consulted confirms that "hype" comes from "hyperbole" (generally they say "of unknown origin"), so I remove and transcribe here this paragraph:

In show business and in the political arena, hyperbole (known as hype or media hype) is the practice of spending money on public relations, or expending political commentary in an attempt to bolster public interest in (for example) a movie, television show, performing artist,^[1] politician, or proposed public policy. Often the entertainment or political value of the thing being hyped is exaggerated. Consequently, hype (but not traditional, literate hyperbole) has a bad connotation.

as wel as this one:

The modern slang term hype, in its usage as meaning extravagant publicity, may be derived from the word hyperbole. An example of the use of this slang term is in the 1988 song "Don't Believe the Hype" by the hip hop group Public Enemy.

Feel free to restore or use them if a source for the derivation of "hype" from "hyperbole" is found. Goochelaar (talk) 08:24, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

That's very nice, but now Hype redirects to this page without any indication for why this is so. The redirect should be deleted as well if we can't do any better than a dicdef. 212.178.108.2 (talk) 11:47, 8 May 2008 (UTC)