Monday, October 16, 2006

vilify, vilification

  • Meaning: to make vicious and defamatory statements (about someone)
  • In Hong Kong slang: 唱衰
  • In decent Chinese: 詆毀,抹黑
  • Where we first met: reader's comment in Scotsman.com - a certain writer was 'publicy vilified' for saying something against the expansion of British education in the 1960s.

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