Hyperbole: The Official Language of the 21st Century
Let’s get one thing out of the way. The title of this piece is already hyperbole, it’s like a hyperbole centipede. I know this.
But what I’ve noticed for quite some time now is that when we speak, we so often don’t mean the words we say. I’m not talking about being disingenuous or lying, this problem runs deeper — not within ourselves, but in the use of our language and how…