That is a seriously **** team. Awful full backs, dreadful midfield and a useless

[Sir C]

I dont like the word hyperbole. Would you mind not using it from now on?

I am prepared to stop referring to aircraft as 'planes' in return.

Deal?

It's a tricky one. There's no real synonym for 'hyperbole', is there? I'd be left a bit bereft in the area of describing exaggerated language.

[Burney]

It's a tricky one. There's no real synonym for 'hyperbole', is there? I'd be left a bit bereft in the area of describing exaggerated language.

Overstatement? Embellishment?

[Luis Anaconda]

Overstatement? Embellishment?

*******s imo

[Peter]

*******s imo

Right on the money. Call a spade a spade, as it were.

[Sir C]

Right on the money. Call a spade a spade, as it were.

I remember someone describing a chap to me who he considered rather blunt. "He's the kind of bloke," he said, "who calls a spade a fúcking n****r."

Language was so much more poetic back then, somehow.

[Peter]

I remember someone describing a chap to me who he considered rather blunt. "He's the kind of bloke," he said, "who calls a spade a fúcking n****r."

Language was so much more poetic back then, somehow.

Hmmmm.... yes, I suppose so. Colourful might be another description.

[barrybueno]

Right on the money. Call a spade a spade, as it were.

That's a nick in these modern times P

[Sir C]

Overstatement? Embellishment?

Too mild, surely? Hyperbole suggests massive overstatement or ridiculous embellishment.

[Luis Anaconda]

Too mild, surely? Hyperbole suggests massive overstatement or ridiculous embellishment.

It's a lovely and apt word, sir c - don't let p bully you on your language. Just point and laugh at his utter cretinity when it comes to football. Think Rich knows more than him

[Peter]

It's a lovely and apt word, sir c - don't let p bully you on your language. Just point and laugh at his utter cretinity when it comes to football. Think Rich knows more than him

I am here you know.