mud-slingingn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌdˌslɪŋɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmədˌslɪŋɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, slinging n.¹

Etymology: < mud n.¹ + slinging n.¹ Compare later mud-sling n., mud-slinger n.

The exchange of insults or abuse; spec. the use of criticisms and accusations, esp. unjust ones, to damage the reputation of an opponent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun]

teleeOE

folk-leasinga1000

tolec1000

wrayingc1000

missaw?c1225

slanderc1290

disclanderc1300

famationc1325

noisec1325

skander1338

missaying1340

misspeecha1375

slanderingc1380

biting1382

defaminga1400

filtha1400

missaya1400

obloquya1438

oblocution?a1439

juroryc1440

defamationa1450

defamea1450

forspeaking1483

depravinga1500

defamya1513

injury?1518

depravation1526

maledictiona1530

abusion?1530

blasphemation1533

infamation1533

insectationa1535

calumning1541

calumniation?1549

abuse1559

calumnying1563

calumny1564

belying?1565

illingc1575

scandalizing1575

misparlance?1577

blot1587

libelling1587

scandal1596

traducement1597

injurying1604

deprave1610

vilifying1611

noisec1613

disfame1620

sycophancy1622

aspersion1633

disreport1640

medisance1648

bollocking1653

vilification1653

sugillation1654

blasphemya1656

traduction1656

calumniating1660

blaspheming1677

aspersing1702

blowing1710

infamizing1827

malignation1836

mud-slinging1858

mud-throwing1864

denigration1868

mud-flinging1876

dénigrement1883

malignment1885

injurious falsehood1907

mud-sling1919

bad-mouthing1939

bad mouth1947

trash-talking1974

1858 Graham’s Illustr. Mag. Oct. 374/1 We know that the defense of these advocates of slashing and mud slinging is, that public nuisances and injuries must be suppressed.

1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 8 Nov. 230/2 Stick to..panic making, mare's nest hunting, and mud-slinging generally, and let Poetry alone.

1884 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 22 Aug. Campaign lies and mud slinging fail to carry the day.

1912 B. Harte Poems & Stories p. xv They became rival candidates,..and the two former friends and partners engaged in a bitter mud-slinging campaign.

1952 R. A. Knox Hidden Stream xiii. 119 And that something is not affected, really, by all the mud-slinging which starts, among the more embittered kind of Protestants, the moment the sanctity of the Church is mentioned.

1992 Economist 18 Jan. 23/1 Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, said he would stay out of the political mudslinging even if it meant less media coverage.

2011 R. Ostler Slinging Mud Prol. p. vii Mudslinging is a venerable American tradition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mud-slinging
释义	mud-slingingn. Brit. /ˈmʌdˌslɪŋɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmədˌslɪŋɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, slinging n.¹ Etymology: < mud n.¹ + slinging n.¹ Compare later mud-sling n., mud-slinger n. The exchange of insults or abuse; spec. the use of criticisms and accusations, esp. unjust ones, to damage the reputation of an opponent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] teleeOE folk-leasinga1000 tolec1000 wrayingc1000 missaw?c1225 slanderc1290 disclanderc1300 famationc1325 noisec1325 skander1338 missaying1340 misspeecha1375 slanderingc1380 biting1382 defaminga1400 filtha1400 missaya1400 obloquya1438 oblocution?a1439 juroryc1440 defamationa1450 defamea1450 forspeaking1483 depravinga1500 defamya1513 injury?1518 depravation1526 maledictiona1530 abusion?1530 blasphemation1533 infamation1533 insectationa1535 calumning1541 calumniation?1549 abuse1559 calumnying1563 calumny1564 belying?1565 illingc1575 scandalizing1575 misparlance?1577 blot1587 libelling1587 scandal1596 traducement1597 injurying1604 deprave1610 vilifying1611 noisec1613 disfame1620 sycophancy1622 aspersion1633 disreport1640 medisance1648 bollocking1653 vilification1653 sugillation1654 blasphemya1656 traduction1656 calumniating1660 blaspheming1677 aspersing1702 blowing1710 infamizing1827 malignation1836 mud-slinging1858 mud-throwing1864 denigration1868 mud-flinging1876 dénigrement1883 malignment1885 injurious falsehood1907 mud-sling1919 bad-mouthing1939 bad mouth1947 trash-talking1974 1858 Graham’s Illustr. Mag. Oct. 374/1 We know that the defense of these advocates of slashing and mud slinging is, that public nuisances and injuries must be suppressed. 1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 8 Nov. 230/2 Stick to..panic making, mare's nest hunting, and mud-slinging generally, and let Poetry alone. 1884 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 22 Aug. Campaign lies and mud slinging fail to carry the day. 1912 B. Harte Poems & Stories p. xv They became rival candidates,..and the two former friends and partners engaged in a bitter mud-slinging campaign. 1952 R. A. Knox Hidden Stream xiii. 119 And that something is not affected, really, by all the mud-slinging which starts, among the more embittered kind of Protestants, the moment the sanctity of the Church is mentioned. 1992 Economist 18 Jan. 23/1 Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, said he would stay out of the political mudslinging even if it meant less media coverage. 2011 R. Ostler Slinging Mud Prol. p. vii Mudslinging is a venerable American tradition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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