Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
hyperbole [Grk 
‘overshouting, exaggeration, overstrained phrase’]
Rhetorical trope. An exaggerated description intended to ellicit alienation, revaluation, or any kind of emotional reaction, e.g. snail’s pace, dead tired, heart of steel. (
also litotes)
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figure of speech
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