#HYPERBOWL DEFINITION FULL#

Do we have to say вЂ literally literallyвЂ™ now if we mean вЂliterallyвЂ™?

Have you ever seen someone who is actually вЂas high as a kiteвЂ™? Is the local shop really miles away? Will it take forever to get there.ДЄnd thatвЂ™s before we get to the hyperbolic use of the word вЂliterallyвЂ™ that gives it the complete opposite meaning to its intention and renders the word useless. Then you have actual expressions like вЂitвЂ™s raining cats and dogsвЂ™ or вЂIвЂ™m so hungry I could eat a horseвЂ™. Think about how often youвЂ™ve said youвЂ™re starving, or freezing, or boiling, that someoneвЂ™s said itвЂ™s blowing a gale, or that things are moving a hundred miles an hour.

#HYPERBOWL DEFINITION FULL#

The English language is full of hyperbolic expressions, so much so that you probably donвЂ™t even think about them. Wherever you rank, hopefully these resources can help. Sorry to break it to you, but that mug little Timmy got you wasnвЂ™t 100% accurate. HereвЂ™s an example you may be familiar with: He really did put the вЂhypeвЂ™ in hyperbole All heвЂ™s basically saying is he moves around the boxing ring well, and punches hard and fast, but thatвЂ™s not quite as catchy. Think of Muhammad AliвЂ™s famous line about how he вЂfloats like a butterfly and stings like a beeвЂ™. It helps to emphasise your point by over-stressing the qualities involved. Hyperbole can be used for comedic effect or persuasive reasons. Hy-per-buh-lee So itвЂ™s not pronounced hyperbowl? Exaggerated statements used for effect, not meant to be taken literally.

Hyperbowl definition