20 September 2015

diatribe

[dahy-uh-trahyb]

noun

1. a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism:
repeated diatribes against the senator.

Origin of diatribe
Latin, Greek
1575-1585; < Latin diatriba < Greek diatribḗ pastime, study, discourse, derivative of diatríbein to rub away ( dia- dia- + tríbein to rub)

Synonyms
tirade, harangue.

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Contemporary Examples

This diatribe against the pitiful Washington Redskins summed it all up for their fans.
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John Avlon
December 30, 2013

But Klein has now unleashed a very public Facebook diatribe against the board.
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Diane Dimond
December 4, 2011

But every day that passes without his diatribe appearing shows he has lost out in the struggle for his homelands future.
Al Qaeda’s Odd Silence on Egypt
Bruce Riedel
February 5, 2011

Today’s quote

You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.

– Chuck Palahniuk

On this day

20 September 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush declares a ‘war on terror’.

20 September 2011 – the U.S. military ends its ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, allowing gay servicemen and women to serve openly.

20 September 2012 – death of Robert G. Barrett, Australian author of books such as ‘Davo’s Little Something’ and the Les Norton series which included, ‘High Noon in Nimbin’, ‘The Tesla Legacy’, ‘Crime Scene Cessnock’, ‘Rosa-Marie’s Baby’, ‘Guns n Rosé’. Barrett sold over 1,000,000 books in Australia. Born 14 November 1942.