http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/lambaste/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/lambaste/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Steve Dunham Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:26:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/07/lambaste/#comment-272 I've also heard it is "lamblast." Done by a sheep in wolf's clothing, perhaps. Similar to the misuse of "penultimate" to mean "ultimate" is the misuse of "epicenter" to mean something like "dead center," when it really means "above the center," because the center of an earthquake lies below ground, so the point on the surface above that is the epicenter. I’ve also heard it is “lamblast.” Done by a sheep in wolf’s clothing, perhaps. Similar to the misuse of “penultimate” to mean “ultimate” is the misuse of “epicenter” to mean something like “dead center,” when it really means “above the center,” because the center of an earthquake lies below ground, so the point on the surface above that is the epicenter.

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