Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Indie English Class
This one's for Maggie.
Ok people, let's try and get these words straight. You can't just throw words around all willy-nilly.
Slander (sl
n
d
r) n. - Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
- A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
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nyn) n.- A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: “The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion” (Elizabeth Drew).
- A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert: a medical opinion.
- A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing: has a low opinion of braggarts.
- The prevailing view: public opinion.
- formal statement by a court or other adjudicative body of the legal reasons and principles for the conclusions of the court.
