28 March 2016

Jeremiad: A prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.

• But I don't wish to write a  jeremiad. (Umair Haque) 

23 March 2016

• Groundswell: Any surge of support, approval, or enthusiasm, especially among the general public
• The West's embrace of secular multiculturalism has created a groundswell of increasingly non-religious Muslims. (Darren E. Sherkat)

19 March 2016

• Verbatim: In exactly the same words; word for word
• When two such high ranking officials repeat such mindless nonsense, almost verbatim, there can be only one reason: they are reading from the "explanation sheets" sent out daily by the Prime Minister's office to all government ministers and high level officials. (Uri Avenery)