overexaggerate

To exaggerate, overemphasize, overstate. An idiom. The 'over' is added unnecessarily and its usage is virtually always synonymous with a mere 'exaggerate', rather than a different word, as 'exaggerate' is not a neutral usage verb like the word 'do'. There is no threshold for the word 'exaggerate', so it is not possible to overdo. To 'overexaggerate' is to 'overoverstate'.

Only idiots say overexaggerate.

overexaggerate by adsmo November 29, 2010

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overexaggerate

To go beyond anticipated exaggeration.

Loren overexaggerated when she claimed she exaggerates a million times a second, when previously she stated, "I exaggerate 100 times a day."

overexaggerate by DrSuessanna November 13, 2005

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overexaggerating

where as exaggerating is to extend something to a believable untruth.... over exaggerate is to extend something to an unbelievable untruth.

that fish you caught yesterday did not weighed 300 pounds, your overexaggerating.

overexaggerating by Ian McDonnell April 27, 2006

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overexaggeration

The opposite of underexaggeration (truth).

Overexaggeration differs from mesoexaggeration (commonly known simply as "exaggeration") in that mesoexaggeration strays from the truth to balance out skepticism, while overexaggeration goes beyond this to a non-believable, completely ridiculous extreme.

(actual example)

Tim: Me and my brother Joe took out four guys at this UFC fight thing. I can bench press 225 pounds. I got a 25...wait a 26...wait a 27 on the ACT.

Me: Tim, let's have a chat about this thing called exaggeration. Or, in your case, overexaggeration.

overexaggeration by annoyed teenage male February 13, 2010