Posted on 10/08/2014 11:18:06 PM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
obloquy \AH-bluh-kwee\ , noun
1. a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
2. the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute
Example sentences:
The manager walked quickly back to the dugout as insults and obloquy rained down from the stands.
"Because of the stigma associated with drug convictions, such an indictment could be tantamount to a life sentence of obloquy in terms of future employment."
--Floral Park Dispatch, January 15, 2014
Etymology:
English speakers can choose from several synonyms to name a tongue-lashing. Abuse is a good general term that usually stresses the anger of the speaker and the harshness of the language, as in "scathing verbal abuse." Vituperation often specifies fluent, sustained abuse; "a torrent of vituperation" is a typical use of this term. Invective implies vehemence comparable to vituperation, but may suggest greater verbal and rhetorical skill; it may also apply especially to a public denunciation, as in "blistering political invective." Obloquy, which comes from the Late Latin ob- (meaning "against") plus loqui (meaning "to speak"), suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace; a typical example of its use would be "subjected to obloquy and derision."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
“”Because of the stigma associated with drug convictions, such an indictment could be tantamount to a life sentence of obloquy in terms of future employment.”
—Floral Park Dispatch, January 15, 2014”
Hey January 15, 2014 was the 60th observance of the date I was born. But I can’t even spell obloquy.
For some reason I didn’t see it this am.
5 different ping lists these days. I beieve you are on mine along with LE. Missed you, glad you are back.
But you did!
You are number 5 on my ping list. Not that there’s anything wrong with it...
I raised a ruckus in my church bible study last week, about how political correctness has NO PLACE in church teaching and sin should be called sin. There were dropped jaws all around but I finished my point. Love the sinner, hate the sin. A+ for you.
bc it was in the middle of the night! LOL!
good for you!
Remember, he is just a man, elected by people you did not elect to represent you.
The Pope is to represent God to us, not us to God. He is to be infallible...not everything he says or does, but he shouldn’t lead us unto sin.
Good job! Truth must be told.
In my Roman Catholic upbringing, through 12 years of Catholic school, we were taught he was infallible in ways of the church, not in all things period. Again, I see a lot of conflict with all previous RC church teaching and what he seems to espouse.
Jimmeh Cahtuh, of all people, issued a strong obloquy against Obama’s foreign policy.
Tonight is our first game!
It’s pretty telling when even LateForTheDirtNap can’t get on board. A for you.
Amazing! Of course Firestone is just another greedy industrialist, like the Koch Bros, and we are not to pay any attention to them. Good knowledge comes only through socialism and marxism. major sarc/off
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