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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
I am going to be Ms. Picky word maven. I don't think you really meant that Olbermann's editorial is a "screed".
A screed is a term of criticism, meaning a "long monotonous harangue", according to my dictionary.
Perhaps you meant "peroration". That means (1) a flowery and highly rhetorical oration, and (2) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration".
I'm just doing my bit to turn back the erosion of our language.
Humourlessly yours,
Katherine Collins
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The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
