Obloquy -- Sam

ob·lo·quy (bl-kw) n. pl. ob·lo·quies 1. Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny: "I have had enough obloquy for one lifetime" (Anthony Eden). 2. The condition of disgrace suffered as a result of abuse or vilification; ill repute. [Middle English obloqui, from Late Latin obloquium, abusive contradiction, from Latin obloqu, to interrupt : ob-, against; see ob- + loqu, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]

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Sam knows that obloquy has no place on the polite tennis court.