I guess, informally, people sometimes say exponential when they just mean "way too much" or "extreme". Someone might say, for example, "The party was already g

I guess, informally, people sometimes say exponential when they just mean "way too much" or "extreme". Someone might say, for example, "The party was already getting out of hand, but then my roommate's drinking buddies showed up and that's when things got exponentially worse."