My bag weighs a ton. I had to wait in the station for ten days. An eternity. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Yeah.
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. I know you've heard of me. The best figure of speech, hands down, hyperbole.
I'm the one that symbolies yearn to be. I'm brighter than another university. I'm used universally. Well, maybe not quite. It might not be true, but it sure sounds nice.
John Henry and Paul Bunyan both owe me a little something. Words have a literal meaning when they mean exactly what they say. And words have a figurative meaning when there's something more that they want to convey. That's me. I exaggerate.
I make it seem bigger, better, more I've been known to tell a tall tale or two Just to leave them in stitches like Taylor's do Yeah, I pop up in pop-up bags And a cover of supermarket rags No, the truth never bothered me I'm hyper speed, hyperbole Babe, the big blue ox Could eat in one day All the feed one crew could toast To camp in a year That's me Hyperbole, hyperbole, exaggerate for effect, certainly Build intensity and urgency, hyperbole, I know you heard of me Not hyperbole, hyperbole, exaggerate for effect, certainly Build intensity and urgency, hyperbole, I know you heard of me Now why in the world would all these folks use me in their writing, speaking and jokes? Authors can use hyperbole to emphasize the stature and the size of these characters So they come alive, take Johnny Appleseed A real guy who walked barefoot a lot, okay So his feet were calloused, and they say If a rattlesnake bit his feet That snake would die immediately, ha That's hyperbole Used to convey Johnny's toughness, see Or ask any preteen, certainly Hyperbole conveys urgency If I don't get to go to the mall tonight I'm literally going to die Ha! Not literally, but is it a lie? When it shows how Nicky feels inside? And marketers use it all the time To get you to buy and buy and buy World's best pizza!
And yet, did they conduct an actual test? Pitting that pizza against all the rest? To crown that slice as the global best?
Nah! They are being hyperbolic Just trying to get what's in your wallet When you see those claims, you are seeing me Exaggerating for effect, hyperbole! You've got a smile that could light up this whole town That's my girl Taylor, yeah That's me Hyperbole, hyperbole Exaggerate for effect, certainly Build intensity and urgency Hyperbole, I know you heard of me Not hyperbole, hyperbole Exaggerate for effect, certainly Build intensity and urgency Hyperbole, I know you heard of me Hyperbole, hyperbole Exaggerate for effect Certainly Build intensity and urgency Hyperbole I know you heard of me Not hyperbole Hyperbole Exaggerate for effect Certainly Build intensity and urgency Hyperbole I know you heard of me