(x, why?) Mini: Hyperbola

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Pronounced carefully, you can really put the bull in both ''hyperbole'' and ''hyperbola''.

Fun fact: you can sing "hyperbole, hyperbola!" in place of "funiculi, funicula!", but I don't know why you'd want to.