28 March 2007

inveigh \in-VAY\ verb

Mother was a noted sesquipedalian who would never use a ten cent word when she could employ a ten dollar word. I remember one morning, years ago now, when she said to me, "Inveigh all you want, but you are not wearing that skirt to school." I just laughed at her and poor Mother's face, since she had no idea that I was laughing at her diction rather than her demand, turned all blotchy red.

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