vituperate
         v 1: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda
               vilified the Jews" [syn: {vilify}, {revile}, {vituperate},
               {rail}]

English Dictionary: vituperation	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vituperation n abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will Synonym(s): vituperation, invective, vitriol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vituperative adj marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing" Synonym(s): scathing, vituperative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vetiver \Vet"i*ver\, n. (Bot.)       An East Indian grass ({Andropogon muricatus}); also, its       fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and       screens. Also called {kuskus}, and {khuskhus}. [Sometimes       written {vetivert}, and {vitivert}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vetiver \Vet"i*ver\, n. (Bot.)       An East Indian grass ({Andropogon muricatus}); also, its       fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and       screens. Also called {kuskus}, and {khuskhus}. [Sometimes       written {vetivert}, and {vitivert}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whidah bird \Whid"ah bird`\, (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to       the genus {Vidua}, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding       season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called       also {vida finch}, {whidah finch}, {whydah bird}, {whydah       finch}, {widow bird}, and {widow finch}.          Note: Some of the species are often kept as cage birds,                especially {Vidua paradisea}, which is dark brownish                above, pale buff beneath, with a reddish collar around                the neck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vetiver \Vet"i*ver\, n. (Bot.)       An East Indian grass ({Andropogon muricatus}); also, its       fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and       screens. Also called {kuskus}, and {khuskhus}. [Sometimes       written {vetivert}, and {vitivert}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vituperable \Vi*tu"per*a*ble\, a. [L. vituperabilis: cf. F.       vitup[82]rable.]       Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vituperate \Vi*tu"per*ate\ (?; 277), v. t. [L. vituperatus, p.       p. of vituperare to blame, vituperate; vitium a fault +       parare to prepare. See {Vice} a fault, and {Pare}, v. t.]       To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse;       to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vituperation \Vi*tu`per*a"tion\, n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF.       vituperation. See {Vituperate}.]       The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.                   When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by                fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him.                                                                               --Donne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vituperative \Vi*tu"per*a*tive\, a.       Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by,       abuse; scolding; abusive. -- {Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly}, adv.                   Vituperative appellations derived from their real or                supposed ill qualities.                           --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vituperative \Vi*tu"per*a*tive\, a.       Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by,       abuse; scolding; abusive. -- {Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly}, adv.                   Vituperative appellations derived from their real or                supposed ill qualities.                           --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vituperator \Vi*tu"per*a`tor\, n. [L.]       One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vituperrious \Vi`tu*per"ri*ous\, a.       Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.]
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
voodoo programming n.   [from George Bush's "voodoo economics"]    1. The use by guess or cookbook of an {obscure} or {hairy} system,    feature, or algorithm that one does not truly understand.   The    implication is that the technique may not work, and if it doesn't,    one will never know why.   Almost synonymous with {black magic},    except that black magic typically isn't documented and _nobody_    understands it.   Compare {magic}, {deep magic}, {heavy wizardry},    {rain dance}, {cargo cult programming}, {wave a dead chicken}.   2.    Things programmers do that they know shouldn't work but they try    anyway, and which sometimes actually work, such as recompiling    everything.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
voodoo programming          (From George Bush's "voodoo economics") The use by       guess or cookbook of an obscure or {hairy} system, feature, or       algorithm that one does not truly understand.   The implication       is that the technique may not work, and if it doesn't, one       will never know why.   Almost synonymous with {black magic},       except that black magic typically isn't documented and       *nobody* understands it.          Compare {magic}, {deep magic}, {heavy wizardry}, {rain dance},       {cargo cult programming}, {wave a dead chicken}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-03-10)