Word of the Day: Animadversion

By: Greg Kandra
Topics: Word of the Day

Today's Word of the Day is inspired by the fun-loving antics of Hugo Chavez. The leader of Venezuela came to the United Nations and had a word or two to say about President Bush. ("Devil," I believe, was one of them.)

It struck me that he was expressing this sentiment:

animadversion (an-uh-mad-VUHR-zhuhn). noun: 1. Harsh criticism or disapproval. 2. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure -- often used with 'on'.

Stay tuned. It's possible President Bush will express his own animadversion toward Hugo.

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by noquiexis September 21, 2006 12:01 PM EDT: In the light of the recent large oil field find, what would be the econimic impact on the US and on Venezuela of the US refusing to buy oil from Venezuela? Maybe Hugo Chavez ought to think that over for a while.; Reply to this comment


by theconstant-2009 September 20, 2006 11:07 PM EDT: In the case of Bush, it may be mis-animadversion. ;-); Reply to this comment


by theconstant-2009 September 20, 2006 9:37 PM EDT: Wondering if there was a way to have a separate-specialized XML-RSS feed that carried only the "word of the day."; Reply to this comment