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Subject:Re: needed: antonym for hyperbole From:"Matthew B. Hicks" <matt -at- UNIDATA -dot- UCAR -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 3 Jun 1996 09:30:30 -0600
On Mon, 3 Jun 1996, Karen Otto wrote:
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*> We're looking for an antyonym for hyperbole
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*> Any ideas?
Understatement? Soft sell?
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-Matt Hicks matt -at- unidata -dot- ucar -dot- edu
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