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.
  

vitriolic

• Meaning: bitterly scathing / harsh / abusive (in criticism, in expression, in feeling)
  
• note: vitriol = sulfuric acid
  
• In Hong Kong slang: 狂插
  
• In decent Chinese: 尖酸， 刻薄
  
• Where we first met: BBC News on the salary dispute between university lecturers' union and their employers - ' ... often descends into vitriolic disagreement over what is, or is not, a "fact".'
  

veer

• Meaning: [verb, noun] sharp turn in direction
  
• In Hong Kong slang: 轉呔 / 轉態
  
• In decent Chinese: 改變方向，轉變態度，轉向，轉鉈
  

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