bandaid perbole (n) The request for a bandaid to cover a minor injury that doesn't need one.
It came about through a conversation where we were learning the meaning of 'hyperbole' - don't ask me why my children needed to know the meaning of 'hyperbole' - something to do with overstating the case in terms of injury, or screaming unnecessarily in the face of minor inconvenience - and when Jessie finally requested a bandaid to cover an invisible injury, I (perhaps slightly inaccurately) described it as another example of hyperbole.
"No, it's not," she chirped. "It's Bandaid Perbole."
Well, call the guys at the dictionary.
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6 comments:
Hilarious! So glad you wrote that down--it's such a keeper.
That is too cute.
But please tell me you didn't pronounce it "hyper bowl" like our illustrious PM.
She did?!?!?! Nope, it's Bandaid Perbolly.
Wow! Hyperbole is a word I know but have never in my life used in conversation...Jessie is a little genius!
Imaginary words for invisible injuries!
Classic!
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