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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 01:24 AM
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24. "Hyperbolic?"
Edited on Mon Jan-02-06 01:29 AM by johnaries
hy·per·bol·ic (hī'pər-bŏl'ĭk) also hy·per·bol·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Mathematics.
Of, relating to, or having the form of a hyperbola.
Of or relating to a geometric system in which two or more lines can be drawn through any point in a plane and not intersect a given line in the plane.
Of or relating to a hyperbolic function: hyperbolic cosine.

hy·per·bo·le (hī-pûr'bə-lē ) n.
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.

What a HUGH MORAN!!!!111 I'm SERIES!!!111!!!!
:rofl:

ON EDIT: OK. I stand corrected. I see now where sometimes hyperbolic is used to refer to Hyperbole. But this guy is still a HUGH MORAN.
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