• Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    It’s just the hyperbole. It wouldn’t matter which specific word they used if it more closely matched the level of intensity of what actually happened.

    In this instance, even a cliché, overused term like ‘jabs’ would be fine.