{"id":472,"date":"2017-01-04T18:36:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rev.mydaye.com\/?p=472"},"modified":"2017-01-04T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:36:12","slug":"when-did-the-hyperbole-become-standard-speech-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/?p=472","title":{"rendered":"When did the hyperbole become standard speech to us?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was listening to a comedian earlier today and he said something that made me think about the way most people talk in regular conversations with friends, family, strangers…everyone. <\/p>\n
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The word Hyperbole<\/a> [hahy-pur<\/span>-buh<\/span>-lee] is a Greek-origination that <\/span>is defined as:<\/p>\n

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noun<\/span>, Rhetoric.<\/span> <\/p>\n
1.<\/span> obvious and intentional exaggeration. <\/span><\/div>\n
2.<\/span>  an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity….”. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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It has an sister word that we never really hear used all that much — Litotes<\/a> [lahy<\/span>-tuh<\/span>-teez, lit<\/span>–uh<\/span>-, lahy-toh<\/span>-teez]<\/span>, another Greek-originated word that is likewise defined as:<\/p>\n

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noun<\/span>, plural <\/span>litotes. <\/span>Rhetoric.<\/span> <\/p>\n
1.<\/span>  understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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While both forms of rhetoric are used in our daily life, it seems like hyperbole is used so much more.  It was the best cheesecake or whatever; it was the worst smell or whatever; it was amazing; she was spectacular; he’s a genius.  Pretty much this hyperbole is never the case – the cheesecake was ok, the smell was bad, it was alright, she was a good singer, your child made a macaroni house something we all made when we were 8 – he’s not a genius.<\/p>\n

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Come on people let’s be real.  Put down your Twitter\/Facebook and pick up the REAL. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was listening to a comedian earlier today and he said something that made me think about the way most people talk in regular conversations with friends, family, strangers…everyone. The word Hyperbole [hahy-pur-buh-lee] is a Greek-origination that is defined as: noun, Rhetoric. 1. obvious and intentional exaggeration. 2.  an extravagant statement or figure of speech […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mydaye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}