Entertainment / Literature / Invective: Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution, usually involving negative emotional language.
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Entertainment / Literature / Flyting: A contest of wits and insults between two Germanic warriors. Each tries to demonstrate his superior vocabulary, cleverness, and bravery. The verbal rivalry between Unferth and Beowulf in Beowulf is on MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Satire: An attack on or criticism of any stupidity or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religious, political, moral, or social standards. Satire became an MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Old Comedy: The Athenian comedies dating to 400-499 BCE, featuring invective, satire, ribald humor, and song and dance. See further discussion under stock character. MORE