hy-per-bol-e / hīˈpərbəlē
noun extreme exaggeration I’ll always marvel at the liveliness of southern speech – so full of metaphor and hyperbole, quirks and vividness. Frances Mayes, 1940- a dramatic overstatement or figure of speech not meant to be taken literally The speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but love. Francis Bacon, 1561-1626