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Subject:Re: antonym for hyperbole From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:14:24 -0800
On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 07:01:48 MDT, Miki Magyar wrote:
>dull
>mil-spec
>lackluster
>prosaic
>understated
>London Times style
>stuffy
>flat
>and I'm sure I'll think of the best one just after I've sent this...
The catch is, "hyperbole" refers specifically to an *intentionally
obvious* exaggeration ("if I've told you once, I've told you a million
times, DON'T EXAGGERATE!") Seems to me that a suitable antonym should
be equally obvious.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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