Friday, December 10, 2010

ERUCTATION

eructation: an act of belching or, an instance of belching

Example: For all these reasons, the White House was furiously issuing denials of accusations that no one had yet read well before the tightly embargoed book was released on Sept. 14. That of course led to an eructation of publicity that only heightened interest in the book. [Reference: The New York Times, 'The Family': Here Comes the Son, published: October 10, 2004]

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