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1. hy·per·bo·le (h-pûrb-l) 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.

2. hu·mor (hymr) n.
a. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness: could not see the humor of the situation.
b. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: a writer skilled at crafting humor.
c. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd.

3. po·lem·ic (p-lmk) n.
a. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
b. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.

― Ellsworth M. Toohey (Grodd), Thursday, 16 June 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Life In These Untited States
"I was standing in line at the pharmacy getting a prescription refilled when the young woman behind me tapped me on the shoulder. 'Last time I was here,' she said, 'the pharmacist refused to give me medication because of his religious beliefs.' I asked her if she had been trying to recieve some birth control, and she replied, 'No! I needed some cold medication, and he's a Christian Scientist!'"

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

the ex-reader's digest guy is now killing public broadcasting.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 16 June 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

reader's digest is so facist!

― latebloomer: We kissy kiss in the rear view (latebloomer), Thursday, 16 June 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 16 June 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

I SPEAK 19 LANGUAGES

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 16 June 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

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