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What type of figurative language is the phrase “I haven’t the faintest idea why I passed out”?

What type of figurative language is the phrase “I haven’t the faintest idea why I passed out”?
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What type of figurative language is the phrase “I haven’t the faintest idea why I passed out”?

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Irony. The word faint in "faintest" and the meaning of "passed out".

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The answer is a pun that’s the answer
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