Saturday, April 14, 2007

DIATRIBE

OK, I guess maybe she meant "diatribe". Oops!:

DIATRIBE:
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
di·a·tribe dahy-uh-trahyb
–noun
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: repeated diatribes against the senator.

[Origin: 1575–85; < L diatriba < Gk diatrib pastime, study, discourse, deriv. of diatríbein to rub away (dia- dia- + tríbein to rub)]

—Synonyms tirade, harangue

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i always thought a 'tirade' was when you busted in on some dude name Ty and harrassed him and turned over all of his furniture and stuff.

oh, that's a ty-raid.