Maybe this is a regional thing but I’ve always called it the US

  • VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    You’re not wrong, I was just poking fun at the original comment making a hyperbolic statement about hyperboles

    I’d bet that a lot of it comes from how pervasive advertising is; we’re constantly bombarded by ads that use that kind of language, so it’s worked its way into everyday language