A Word With You
September 1st, 2009
vi⋅tu⋅per⋅a⋅tion
vaɪˌtu pəˈreɪ ʃən,-ˌtyu-,vɪ-Show Spelled Pronunciation [vahy-too-puh-rey-shuh n, -tyoo-, vi-]
–noun
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verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation. |
Origin:
1475–85; < L vituperātiōn- (s. of vituperātio), equiv. to vituperāt(us) (see vituperate ) + -iōn- -ion
I’ll bet you didn’t know that the last time you let someone have it verbally you were being vituperative, did you? That’s what I love about the English language, we can take the meanest impulses and give them a nice polysyllabic name and it all seems so much more civil.
Grammar Punk Sentence: V E 3 “ ”
With a spate of vituperative vexation Glenda made her opinion of the vegetarian lasagna known; “I want meat, you nitwits!