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Old 05-13-2001, 10:47 PM   #9
onthepequod
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Join Date: April 6, 2001
Location: two leagues down
Posts: 1,081
Quote:
Originally posted by John D Harris:
Alright Sazerac, I was following you till "invective", was that a fancy way of saying dog cussed?

Invective - scathing retort or comment(verbally).

I've been there John D. I once looked up "diatribe" and my dictionary defined it as "a fulminating piece of invective." Lots of help that was. So, I had to look up another two words just to understand diatribe.

BTW, fulminating means explosive.



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