Oh ! ! You mean SURREAL

Although the lucid etymological analysis which follows, kindly tendered, was maybe intended to enlightened us as to the creation of words and phrases in the English language, derived from several other languages, it is still mystifying how all of this could possibly be known without recourse to the use of a dictionary. However, in the HYPER REAL world it may be supposed that anything = anything else merely by saying that it is so solely with reference to some divine innate source of knowledge.

  Collins Dictionary definitions.
  SURREAL from SURREALISM = a movement in art and literature in the 1920's etc.,..........( French, sur + realisme )
  HIJACK. = To seize or divert ( a vehicle or the goods it carries) while in transit.
  METAPHOR. = a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to apply a resemblance.

Then there is HYPERBOLE = a deliberate exaggeration used for effect ( From Greek HYPER + bole from ' ballein', to throw)
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TK wrote
''You have too much faith in Dictionaries.. They are only a guide to usage; the advice they give is not set in stone.''

and then:-

''There are words or part words called prefixes, a word you put in front of another word to change its meanig. Some examples are :
'pre' from the Latin 'prae' meaning'before', so we can refer to 'preflight checks' without which our aeroplane might fall out of the sky;
'super' 'great or extreme in size or degree', it comes from the Latin 'super' meaning above, so we have 'Superman;
'sub' from the Latin, 'under or below' giving us submarine, under the sea;
'hypo' from the Greek also meaning'under or below', this gives us 'hypothermia' which puts together the two Greek w'ords hypo' and 'thermos' which means 'heat', to give is 'hypothermia' which people die from if they get too cold;
'hyper is a bit like 'super' but it comes from Greek not Latin, it means 'above', it can have the meaning of 'excessive' as well

Now if you or me want to take a word to mean more than just its ordinary meaning, let's take 'reality' as an example, we can put 'hyper' in front of it to intensify its meaning. thus getting hyper-reality.

Now we are all allowed to do this in English and other languages like Turkish.''
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Received on Mon Apr 10 18:38:21 2006