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minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down7·23 days agoDictionaries are books of history, not law. Language pedantry is a branch of theology.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·23 days agoThose two sentences are not mutually exclusive.
minus-squarelastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 days agoBut every word can be used hyperbolically.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·23 days agono, it can’t. hyperbole means to exaggerate, to a great degree. descriptors like “round” or “soft” can’t be hyperbolic.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·23 days agoCalling fat people round is hyperbole isn’t it?
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-221 days agoOr calling a bald guy “Curly”
minus-squareathatet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoIt really depends on how they are built. I have deffo seen some rounder obese people.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agono, it’s either true or false, but even a false usage isn’t hyperbolic, it’s just wrong
Dictionaries are books of history, not law.
Language pedantry is a branch of theology.
Those two sentences are not mutually exclusive.
But every word can be used hyperbolically.
no, it can’t. hyperbole means to exaggerate, to a great degree. descriptors like “round” or “soft” can’t be hyperbolic.
Calling fat people round is hyperbole isn’t it?
Or calling a bald guy “Curly”
It really depends on how they are built. I have deffo seen some rounder obese people.
no, it’s either true or false, but even a false usage isn’t hyperbolic, it’s just wrong