American comedian Hasan Minhaj, the former host of ‘Patriot Act’ and alum of ‘The Daily Show’, has recently said that his story ‘Arnold Palmer’ is around 70% emotional truth, and 30% hyperbole, ...

Exaggeration used for emphasis or humour that’s not meant to be taken literally. Chances are you’ve used hyperbole before when talking to your friends. What about this? "OMG she was dying of laughter” ...

The Trump era will be remembered as a time of rhetorical excess. The language of our time is tainted by exclamatory superlatives. Screengrab from YouTube/The White House Enough with the hyperbole and ...

The absence of credibility costs presidents dearly. And the bill for Donald Trump 's years of falsehoods is now coming due. Just four months into his presidency, Trump faces a mortal threat to his ...

The Prime Minister’s promise to put ₹15 lakh in every Indian’s bank account wasn’t understood by everyone as hyperbole, so there was a lot of disappointment when it never happened. Many of the ...

Mambers of the The Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show perform the log roll during the 40th annual Oyster Festival last fall in Norwalk, Conn. The log roll was inspired by the Paul Bunyan tall tales.Erik ...

Are you interested in injecting more life into your writing and speeches? Are you intent upon attracting and holding your readers and audiences? If your answer to both questions is “yes,” then please ...