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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-451/
- Published: 2025-11-02T17:15:15.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-02T17:15:15.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

obloquy (noun) -

1: a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language  
2: the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obloquy?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : English speakers can choose from several synonyms to name a tongue-lashing. Abuse is a good general term that usually stresses the anger of the speaker and the harshness of the language, as in "scathing verbal abuse." Vituperation often specifies fluent, sustained abuse; "a torrent of vituperation" is a typical use of this term. Invective implies vehemence comparable to vituperation but may suggest greater verbal and rhetorical skill; it may also apply especially to a public denunciation, as in "blistering political invective." Obloquy, which comes from the Late Latin ob- (meaning "against") plus loquī (meaning "to speak"), suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace; a typical example of its use is "subjected to obloquy and derision."

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