hype 1 (h[click to view image]p) Slang n. 1. Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion: the hype surrounding the murder trial. 2. Exaggerated or extravagant claims made especially in advertising or promotional material: "It is pure hype, a gigantic PR job" Saturday Review. 3. An advertising or promotional ploy: "Some restaurant owners in town are cooking up a $75,000 hype to promote New York as 'Restaurant City, U.S.A.'" New York. 4. Something deliberately misleading; a deception: "[He] says that there isn't any energy crisis at all, that it's all a hype, to maintain outrageous profits for the oil companies" Joel Oppenheimer. tr.v. hyped, hyp·ing, hypes To publicize or promote, especially by extravagant, inflated, or misleading claims: hyped the new book by sending its author on a promotional tour.
[Partly from hype,
a swindle (perhaps from
hyper-) and partly from
hype(rbole).]
bash (b[click to view image]sh) v. bashed, bash·ing, bash·es v.tr. 1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer. 2. To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park. 3. Informal To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly: "He bashed the . . . government unmercifully over the . . . spy affair" Lally Weymouth. v.intr. Informal To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism. n. 1. Informal A heavy, crushing blow. 2. Slang A celebration; a party.
Now , now Jim , there is a difference between the two
I hope this week gets a little busier . LOL