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ARandomerDudelast Thursday at 2:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

The parent was using something called “figurative speech”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech


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simplifylast Thursday at 2:58 PM

Even figuratively, it's not criminal.

whatevsmatelast Thursday at 3:06 PM

Indeed. Laid on too thick for my taste. Histrionic given the context.