Friday, December 3, 2010

#337 diatribe

diatribe- a bitter or violent criticism or attack; denunciation

C16 from Latin diatriba learned debate, from Greek diatribe discourse, pastime, from diatribein to while away

This diatribe is about companies with lousy customer service.

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