Saturday, July 19, 2014

Word of the Day: Opprobrium

op·pro·bri·um

noun \-brē-əm\
: very strong disapproval or criticism of a person or thing especially by a large number of people

Examples of OPPROBRIUM

  1. They’re going ahead with the plan despite public opprobrium.
  2. <saw no reason why secretary should suddenly become a term of opprobrium among the politically correct>
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Inspired by a post on B'Man's Revolt by DCDave I read yesterday - Thank you - WR

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