Noun
A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHyperbole is something I'd better avoid. Terry Gilliam
Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life. Bill Moyers
Unfortunately, the hyperbole of the inaugural outran the provisions of the budget. Dean Acheson
The one reaction Nietzsche cannot tolerate is indifference, and this is what his use of hyperbole is designed to eliminate. Alexander Nehamas
I live in a constant state of hyperbole. Eden Sher
We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability. Mike Quigley