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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