> On Jul 5, 4:44 pm, Chuck yahoo.com> wrote:

>> I am simply applying the definition of the word. I'll use Miriam
>> Webster to illustrate:

>

>> lie:
>> 1 a : an assertion of something known or believed by the speaker to
>> be
>> untrue with intent to deceive b : an untrue or inaccurate statement
>> that may or may not be believed true by the speaker
>> 2 : something that misleads or deceives

>

>> I'll focus on definitions 1b and 2. A hyperbole is an inaccurate
>> statement by the definition of hyperbole (extravagant exaggeration).
>> Therefore definition 1b applies. Since you see it as a hyperbole,
>> definition 2 doesn't apply, but someone that doesn't recognize it as a
>> hyperbole may be mislead or deceived and therefore definition 2 would
>> apply would also apply for them.

>
> Are you classifying "lie" and "hyperbole"
> as two distinct, and mutually exclusive,
> forms?
>
> n