Thursday, September 25, 2008

word of the day - sep 25 08

blackguard
noun
1. a rude or unscrupulous person; a scoundrel.
2. a person who uses foul or abusive language.
3. scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, "blackguard language."
4. to revile or abuse in scurrilous language.

bonus word of the day
scurrilous
adjective
1. grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
2. characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest.

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