Definition
[n] extravagant exaggeration
A large exageration, usually used with humor.
Example
The fish was a football field and a granny long.
See Also...
figure, figure of speech, image, trope
Related Terms
abandon, abstractionism, aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, blowing up, boundlessness, burlesque, caricature, coloring, deformation, dilatation, dilation, distortion, egregiousness, embellishment, enhancement, enlargement, enormousness, ex
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