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It is a linguistic term for a word whose meaning includes the meanings of other words.
Flower is a hypernym of Rose.

Colour is a hypernym of orange.
Animal is a hypernym of dogs/cats.
Hypernym by Hanasakurou February 11, 2015
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Hypeirony 

Hype-irony (hi-pi-row-ny) -; The act of being somewhat of a wingman and hyping something a person said with at least 3 people present all in all, while at the same time applying sarcasm in a way that the majority of the people that are present sense that you actually think said person is a blatant idiot.

It's important to do it in a convincing, hype-esk fashion. Otherwise, it's just regular sarcasm. Let hypeirony be a surprise element. If you're in an office environment, limit the amount of hypeirony and spread it out evenly during the course of a week, and apply hypeirony when the noise level at the office is at the lowest.

Closely related to trolling.
At a party:

Person 1: Hey, let's put more Adele on the playlist!
Person 2: Yeah, let's put more Adele on the playlist, she's awesome! (Hypeirony)

At the office:

Person 1: Frank better deliver that report in time
Frank's office friend in the back of the office: Yeah, he totally has to deliver, or else you'll get him! (Hypeirony)
Hypeirony by viegaard January 6, 2017

Hyperonic 

1. A person who is really liked by everyone.
2. Better then MasterHIM and a Biddinger.
Man! You are so a Hyperonic!
Hyperonic by Hyperonic August 6, 2003

Hyperonic 

1) Someone with be cajones.
2) Better then Hefwudzigems.
3) The coolest people on MSN Messenger.
My god! You are such a Hyperonic, today!
Hyperonic by Hyperonic August 14, 2003

hyperonym 

a word that would denote something in excess or excessive.
'Overabundance' is a hyperonym for 'abundance'. So is 'hypercautious' for 'cautious'.
hyperonym by uttam maharjan March 10, 2010

abandonware 

n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the game alive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because id still sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.
abandonware by Spoom October 24, 2003
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