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   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/


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