When your professor draws an extra distinction where one barely exists or none exists in an effort to prove to you their superior understanding of the material. Typically used on examples and counterexamples brought up by the class.
A: "Actually, the truth condition of 'Santa Claus is your parents' is false. 'Santa Claus' refers instead to the idea of a fat man going down a chimney and leaving gifts, and your parents don't fit those descriptors..."
B: "....gdi."
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B: ">_>"
C: "Whoa, Richard used academic exaggeration on you again didn't he?"
B: "....gdi."
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B: ">_>"
C: "Whoa, Richard used academic exaggeration on you again didn't he?"
by Semen-ticks October 12, 2010
Get the academic exaggeration mug.GUY 1: "Dude, last night was SO EPIC!"
GUY 2: Bro, we stood around in a backyard and you blacked out at 11:20pm, these events surely do not qualify as EPIC.
GUY 1: "SOOOOOOO EPIC!!!"
GUY 2: You're being an Epic Exaggerationist, and hence a douche.
GUY 2: Bro, we stood around in a backyard and you blacked out at 11:20pm, these events surely do not qualify as EPIC.
GUY 1: "SOOOOOOO EPIC!!!"
GUY 2: You're being an Epic Exaggerationist, and hence a douche.
by Dasage November 13, 2011
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The act of exaggerating a story, because you think everyone will assume you are whether you do or not.
Pre-emptive exaggeration would be telling your friends you were in line for 2 hours when it was only 1, because you know if you say 1 they will assume you were exaggerating and it was only half an hour.
by Perfect_Blue September 10, 2011
Get the Pre-emptive exaggeration mug.When you use hyperbole to express something large or long, and then take it back. Usually done quietly.
Sean: There were like a MILLION people at the party! Actually it was more like 40, but whatever.
Evan: *cough cough Exaggeration Pull-back cough cough*
Evan: *cough cough Exaggeration Pull-back cough cough*
by The_Straight-Edge_Donkey August 1, 2011
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by cateasaurusrex April 30, 2011
Get the sextaggeration mug.To help MacGyver defeat da villain in da episode, voodoo-priestess Mama Lorraine made a huge hexaggeration with her facial features and other gestures to scare da living crap outta da merc and temporarily prevent him from interfering with what Mac was trying to do; afterwards she guffawingly told Mac dat she had da hardest time not cracking up while performing her dramatic fakery on da hapless manipulator.
by QuacksO January 19, 2020
Get the hexaggeration mug.1. (noun) A phrase or sentence that exaggerates its vocabulary to an unprecedented extent. This is usually done in a joking manner or to seem intelligent. In the latter usage, it often backfires, making the speaker seem pretentious.
2. (noun) The act of using a lexical exaggeration. (see 1)
2. (noun) The act of using a lexical exaggeration. (see 1)
Speaker 1: Sorry for bumping you on the shoulder.
Speaker 2: I personally did not appreciate the manner in which you interacted with my glenohumeral joint. Due to this misdemeanor I will not engage in the acceptance of your apologetic response.
Speaker 1: Wow, thanks for the lexical exaggeration, asshole.
Speaker 2: I personally did not appreciate the manner in which you interacted with my glenohumeral joint. Due to this misdemeanor I will not engage in the acceptance of your apologetic response.
Speaker 1: Wow, thanks for the lexical exaggeration, asshole.
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