Word of the day: inveigh

The word of the day is inveigh:

to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against)

1486, "to introduce," from L. invehi "to attack with words," originally "carry oneself against," from passive inf. of invehere "bring in, carry in," from in- "against" + vehere "to carry" (see vehicle). Meaning "to give vent to violent denunciation" is from 1529.

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inveigh)

"Most important, if Bush’s faith gave him certainties that became overweening and dangerous during his Presidency, why did they not so manifest themselves while he was on the road to Damascus fifteen years earlier, or when he was inveighing against nation-building in 2000?"

 - Thomas Mallon, "W is for why", 4 July The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/04/bush-by-jean-edward-smith)

phrase of the day: chew the scenery

The phrase of the day is chew the scenery:

to act melodramatically; overact (theatrecrafts.com)


"At the urging of the Players' director, he went on to appear in 'Night of January 16th', a melodrama by Ayn Rand in which the text itself chewed the scenery."

 - Thomas Mallon, "Wag the dog: The making of Richard Nixon", 4 February 2013 The New Yorker