Word of the Day: Calumny

[debodun]

Calumny (verb) - the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.

Sometimes politicians engage in calumny to discredit their opponents.

 

[Sliverfox]

With all the calumny you hear or read.. what do you believe is the truth?

 

[Ruthanne]

During election time I sure heard a whole lot of calumny about some candidates and I refuse to believe it!

 

[Aunt Marg]

Due to the concocted culmination of calumny originating from a cacophony of cabbage-heads, I feel as though a cacodemon is attempting to cannulate my mind.

 

[peramangkelder]

Calumny is best treated with silence

 

[Aunt Marg]

Calumny is best treated with silence

Or taken with a grain of salt.

 

[ohioboy]

Jerry Falwell sued Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt for calumny, the case went to the United States Supreme Court. Falwell lost.