Tall tales

heroic outlaw in English folklore, a highly skilled archer and swordsman

Hyperbole (; adj. hyperbolic ) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally 'growth'). In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally.

personification of the United States of America and its government

five novels by François Rabelais

American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)

American nurseryman and missionary (1774–1845)

North American folklore character

American series of computer animated short films, started 2008

folklore character

American explorer (1804-1881)

Mexican outlaw (1829–1853)

personification of New England

Canadian strength athlete (1863-1912)

story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual

fictional cowboy in stories set during American westward expansion

1995 film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik

La vie tres horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel jadis composée par M. Alcofribas abstracteur de quinte essence. Livre plein de Pantagruelisme according to 's 1542 edition, or simply Gargantua, is the second novel by François Rabelais, published in 1534 or 1535.

American railroad engineer (1863–1900)

thumb|250px|right|1796 fashion caricature by Richard Newton (caricaturist)|Richard Newton parodying a woman's headdress, gown style and extra-slim tights using exaggeration

1865 short story by Mark Twain

American patriot and soldier during the Revolutionary War

1983 film by Sergey Ovcharov

cave in Aruba

African-American cowboy following the American Civil War

literary society

21st episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons

novel by Cyrano de Bergerac

practical joke in which an unwitting victim is sent in pursuit of something that doesn't exist

dog

nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Revolutionary War

convict, bushranger

novel by Daniel Wallace

1890 poem written by Andrew Barton Paterson

American Folklore character

American showman