That's what I mean. Looking at the definition, torture is a word that means major infliction of pain, distress, or other potentially life threatening harm, meant to cause and for the purpose of harm. People are so used to hearing hyperbolic statements like, "Joe is torturing me with that box of donuts. He knows I can't have any," that they begin to think torture really means that when it most certainly does not.
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Date: 2006-10-26 09:12 pm (UTC)