Nobody uses the search function still?

[Mychael]

Saying something when they clearly mean something else is called a Figure of Speech. However, Your Term of a Idiom is correct also.

And I know you are I'm just playing along.. need something to do before I play the patch :P

Well to be technical, there's a fine line about your wording there, too... you've almost described verbal irony instead of figure of speech...

Nah not really, I'm done derailing this thread :P

(By the way my original point point was that you said "speaking" instead of "thinking" :P)