[sokoloff]

> there's at least some anecdotal evidence that workers are not always working at work

This made me go look up whether hypobole (dramatic understatement) is a word yet.

I email after hours and on weekends/PTO voluntarily and I do rather enjoy it. I certainly enjoy it more than coming back to 1000 emails to deal with on my first day back.

[J_Darnley]

>> there's at least some anecdotal evidence that workers are not always working at work

>This made me go look up whether hypobole (dramatic understatement) is a word yet.

Well... Is it?

No - http://dictionary.reference.com/misspelling?term=hypobole&s=...

Yes - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Hypobole

No - http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/spellcheck/english/?q=hypo...

[tomblomfield]

You're looking for "litotes" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes