His name was Commander Blop or something. He was one of those guys that think they’re being a pansy if they don’t break around forty of your fingers when they shake hands with you. God I hate that stuff.
– J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye. Chapter 12. Holden often uses hyperbole, as a means of expressing strong opinions by describing things in an absurd or abolute way.