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11:05 am, June 27th, 2007, Leander Kahney
From the Urban Dictionary:
1. iPerbole
The hype surrounding any product Apple unveils.
Claims that the iPhone will change the world are all part of the iPerbole surrounding the cultish company.
by Mark Hengel Crestwood, Kentucky Jan 14, 2007
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That’s actually a pretty cool term
Barry, on June 27th, 2007 at 11:53 am
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Apple Erleuchtung | Karmataxi, on June 27th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
very, very, very funny.
That should be added to the dictionary.
Keep it coming.
~MacJedi of the Midwest
MacJedi, on June 28th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
[...] The hype surrounding the iPhone is so intense that it’s actually spawned a new slang word – “iPerbole.” [...]
OnMemphis.com » Blog Archive » iPhone Hype Reaches Apex, on June 28th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Thanks for props on the word. I appreciate it. Now, can anyone convince Jobs Inc. to give me a free iPhone since I coined “iPerbole.” And, just so it is known, I am an avid Apple fan. I did not come up with that phrase out of hate. It’s my affectionate way to describe my own technolust (another Urban Dictonary neologism.)
Mark Hengel, on July 6th, 2007 at 2:14 pm