"Philippic" is a word in ENGLISH
Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in
acrimonious invective.
Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes,
the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.
First of all is the fact that I have some rather good turns of phrase. I don't say that pridefully ... it's just that when a line I forgot about smacks me in the face and says, "Look at me! Aren't I lovely?" I have to notice.
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