Lying speaks to intent and calling it deception cuts through the BS and equivocation.
Mincing of words.
In either case it's manipulation. A McDonald's big mac commercial is both a lie and deception. Hyperbole is a lie and deception.
The intent of it doesn't matter...sometimes it's inconsequential, sometimes it's mutually accepted (like the Big Mac we KNOW does not look like that), sometimes it's brutally destructive.
Arguing about on a sports message board is fabulously irreverent.
Going back TMC, if I may get us back on track? ....he lied, deceived, and whatever else you want to call. it....to manipulate the narrative. No one here was "trying to elevate romo to god-like status". But he needed that to validate his bullying.
I was trying to be somewhat gracious and civil about "hyperbole", usually a harmless embellishment, unless taken to extreme ...see where that got me?