1500-1600Latindiatriba, from Greekdiatribe ‘enjoyable activity, speech’, from diatribein ‘to pass time’
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And judging by the prodigious pile of diatribes posted in the last year, a lot of folks are taking advantage.
I read message after message spouting racist doctrines, discriminatory diatribes and personal attacks.
Merton has a previously undreamed of knack of the one-minute, long-winded trainspotter diatribe.
They substitute character attack and personal diatribe for principled debate and discussion of the issues.
a long speech or piece of writing that criticizes someone or something very severelydiatribe against a diatribe against contemporary American civilization