I guess you are one of the lucky few then (as in the only one). I still to this day hear people say âHappy Memorial Dayâ. Since the day is about paying honor to those that have fallen, I think it is appropriate. But then again that is what the post is about, coming up with the right way to greet someone.
The definition of a philippic is a cruel attack of words. An example of a philippic is an angry protestor yelling harsh words at someone with an opposing view. Philippic. Philippic.
1. a large convex molding, semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest member of the base of a column, directly above the plinth. 2. a. a doughnut-shaped surface generated by the revolution of a conic, esp. a circle, about an exterior line lying in its plane. b. the solid enclosed by such a surface. 3. Bot. the receptacle of a flower. 4. Anat. a rounded ridge; a protuberant part.