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Stargzer
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Lambaste

Postby Stargzer » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:34 am

Nothing to do with the roasting of young sheep.
lambaste

SYLLABICATION: lam·baste
PRONUNCIATION: lăm-bāst'
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing, lam·bastes

Informal 1. To give a thrashing to; beat. See synonyms at beat. 2. To scold sharply; berate.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps lam[sup]1[/sup] + baste[sup]3[/sup].


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Postby Perry » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:46 am

So by the etymology, lambasting is a beating squared.
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