
Originally Posted by
Sharpienads
Paraphrased from another post:
It's called hyperbole.
hy·per·bo·le
/haɪˈpɜrbəli/ Show Spelled[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.”
It's a new thing, not everybody's heard of it yet.