âThe Blob, a 1950âs horror movie, is about a group of cells that keeps eating until it grows to epic proportions. Now apply that image to cancerous or infectious disease cells inside the body. These cells eat everything until they grow too big to control. Luckily, there are lines of defense against this, and the work that you--a Cytotechnologist--does is one of them. Doctors take patients' samples and have you analyze them.
Exaggeration is a term for a figure of speech. It means the describing of something and making it more than it really is. The verb is to exaggerate. An example of exaggeration would be: âI was walking along when suddenly this enormous dog walked along. It was as big as an elephantâ.
Hyperbole in marketing. You also see exaggeration and hype in marketing. Hype is marketing something with exaggerated enthusiasm and is often linked with the deception of publicity that is inflated or downright false. Dramatic claims can be eye-catching, but you can get into trouble fast when they are out-and-out lies. If it sounds too good to be trueâ¦ it probably is. Phrases like âfastestâ, âbestâ â in fact, most words ending in â-estâ â âonlyâ and âleadingâ sound nice, but they have to be backed up before they will be believed.