Back in this post, I gave an example of figurative (non-literal) speech. It's common to say 'I'm starving!' to mean 'I'm hungry!' Here, you are speaking figuratively to exaggerate.
The noun exaggeration, verb exaggerate, adjective exaggerated mean 'to make something sound more than it really is'.
Kids and teenagers do this a lot. 'He's the coolest guy in the world!' 'He was about ten feet tall!' 'This is the absolute worst day of my entire life.'
Sometimes mothers do it too. 'I've told you a thousand times, stop hitting your brother!'
How about you? Do you often exaggerate?
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