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insultathon

noun

Etymology

From insult + -athon.

  1. derived from insultus — “insult, reviling, scoffing”
  2. derived from insult
  3. derived from *sel-✻ — “to spring”
  4. derived from īnsultō — “to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”
  5. derived from insulter
  6. suffixed as insultathon — “insult + athon”

Definitions

  1. A vigorous, lengthy exchange of insults.

    • Here's a repeat of two halfhour episodes back to back featuring Vint (Ken Berry) and Naomi's (Dorothy Lyman) wedding and the usual insultathon among Ed (Harvey Korman) Mama (Vicki Lawrence), Ellen (Betty White) and Eunice (Carol Burnett).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for insultathon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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