(idea) by rp Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:24:15
Purposely expressed less strongly than one would expect. Very British; Dutch doesn't even have a word for it, and I don't know how to describe it properly. An extremely powerful device in humor, although some disagree.

The opposite of exaggerated.

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