Y2K Diary [ 17.04.00 ] 108. Keyword: understatement Used everywhere from news, advertising slogans and most recently in the BBC's trashy soap Eastenders.  Now, that's an understatement! (Understate.  Express in greatly or unduly restrained terms.  Represent as being less than it actually is.) Groucho writes: "It's not like this hasn't happened before".  A form of understatement, understating the obvious. Quite an understatement "...The documents have received an extra-ordinary level of review and are understood to be complete."  Represent as being less than it actually is.  A formal account of... Under-facts. One won't freely find out more on the subject through the online Oxford Dictionary as it now has heavy licencing fees, etc. NP State your understatement:  understatement of the day, ridicule is nothing to be scared of, writing understatements, clueless was an understatement, broken is an understatement long is an understatement, talk about an understatement! [ submit entry ]      [ contents ]      [ previous ]  [ next ]