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Apropos of events this weekend
Dec. 3rd, 2007 07:57 pmvilipend (VIL-uh-pend) verb tr.: 1. To treat someone with contempt; 2. To disparage.
[From Old French vilipender, from Latin vilipendere, from vilis (cheap, worthless) + pendere (to consider). The words vilify, vile, revile, and venal are all cousins of this word.]
This weekend, at my younger daughter's joint birthday party with her cousin, my mom said to me, "[M]'s hair looks really cute, did [husband] take her to get her hair cut?" This kind of thing is unfortunately far too usual for my tastes. Admittedly, she is recovering from surgery and very tired at present. I'm not sure how conscious or reflexive this kind of thing is with her, but it is moderately common for her to dis me in the guise of saying something ostensibly complimentary. I do not appreciate it.
[From Old French vilipender, from Latin vilipendere, from vilis (cheap, worthless) + pendere (to consider). The words vilify, vile, revile, and venal are all cousins of this word.]
This weekend, at my younger daughter's joint birthday party with her cousin, my mom said to me, "[M]'s hair looks really cute, did [husband] take her to get her hair cut?" This kind of thing is unfortunately far too usual for my tastes. Admittedly, she is recovering from surgery and very tired at present. I'm not sure how conscious or reflexive this kind of thing is with her, but it is moderately common for her to dis me in the guise of saying something ostensibly complimentary. I do not appreciate it.
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