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>> there's at least some anecdotal evidence that workers are not always working at work >This made me go look up whether hypobole (dramatic understatement) is
by J_Darnley 11y ago
>> there's at least some anecdotal evidence that workers are not always working at work
>This made me go look up whether hypobole (dramatic understatement) is a word yet.
Well... Is it?
No - http://dictionary.reference.com/misspelling?term=hypobole&s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/misspelling?term=hypobole&s=...
Yes - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Hypobole http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Hypobole
No - http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/spellcheck/english/?q=hypobole http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/spellcheck/english/?q=hypo...
- tomblomfield 11y agoYou're looking for "litotes" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes