hy-per-bo-le \ hi-PUR-bull-e\n [L, fr. Gk hyperbole (excess),
hyperbole, hyperbola, fr hyperballein (to exceed), fr. hyper- +
ballein (to throw) -- more at DEVIL] (15c): extravagant
exaggeration (as ?prints from digital cameras just smoke prints
from film?) -- hy-per-bo-list \ n
Walt :-)
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"...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know
we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say,
we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also
unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know." -- Donald
Rumsfeld
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