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Why do they ban people from saying some things
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Why do they ban people from saying some things
"Offensive" words arn't actually real, they're just mere sound vibrations that work people up somehow (which is a hyperbole)

Also to any anal smartasses:


hy·per·bo·le
[hahy-pur-buh-lee] Show IPA

noun Rhetoric .
1.
obvious and intentional exaggeration.

2.
an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”


Compare litotes.


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Origin:
1520–30; < Greek hyperbolḗ excess, exaggeration, throwing beyond, equivalent to hyper- hyper- + bolḗ throw


Synonyms
2. overstatement.


Antonyms
2. understatement.
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