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Become a Fool: -Get out of debt -Learn how to invest -Retire early -Take control of your finances Register to become a Fool! It's free. Get investment freebies too. Click here: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/44118/155995/155995 <a href="http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/44118/155995/155995"< AOL users click here </a< \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/ Word of the Day for Monday March 4, 2002: obloquy \OB-luh-kwee\, noun: 1. Strongly condemnatory or abusive language or utterance. 2. The condition of disgrace suffered as a result of public blame, abuse, or condemnation; ill repute. There he remained, weeping indignantly at her stream of obloquy, bitterly ashamed of his tears, until it was time for supper. --Jonathan Keates, [1]Stendhal Once installed in office he earned near-universal obloquy by pushing through the biggest tax increase in the state's history. --Dan Seligman, "The Taxophiliacs," [2]Forbes, February 5, 2001 For Britain to have made a last imperial stand on the shores of the South China Sea would have risked local calamity and international obloquy. --Christopher Patten, East and West _________________________________________________________ Obloquy derives from Latin obloqui, "to speak against," from ob-, "against" + loqui, "to speak." References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786705450/ref%3Dnosim/lexico 2. http://www.forbes.com/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: matt.motley@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-357530C@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2002 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
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