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.
1590s, bitter invective discourse, from Middle French philippique, from Latin (orationes) PhilippicÃ¦, translation of Greek Philippikoi (logoi), the speeches made in Athens by Demosthenes in 351-341 B.C.E. urging Greeks to unite and fight the rising power of Philip II of Macedon.