Those words we use …

… Good Things | Liberty Unbound. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The “worse” that Jane had in mind — at that moment, anyway — was the disloyalty of rulers. For me, at this moment, it would be the coronavirus, the language used to discuss it, and the people who use that language. I cursed them in last month’s Word Watch. I’ll probably do it again. But I’m tired of cursing. While we’re watching words, let’s watch some words that are good.

Click on that link. Maybe that's why I've been so skeptical lately. I know hyperbole when I hear it.