W of the D

mar·plot  (märplt)

n.

An officious meddler whose interference compromises the success of an undertaking.

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[After Marplot, a character in The Busy Body, a play by Susannah Centlivre (1669-1723).]

 

from thefreedictionary.com

Quite a good natural sounding word isn't it? I wonder who Susannah Centlivre was. I stumbled on this word in Little Women as I'm rereading it now.

Word of the Day: Obloquy

ob·lo·quy 
/ˈäbləkwē/
Noun

    Strong public criticism or verbal abuse.
    Disgrace, esp. that brought about by public abuse.

Synonyms
slander - opprobrium - shame - dishonour - dishonor

from dictionary.com via google

Example:
"Rather than actually confront the difficulties of the region, he is deploying his considerable prestige to say that one country, among all the nations of the world, is uniquely deserving of obloquy."

From: "Viewpoint: Stephen Hawking's Israel Boycott is lost in Space" in Time magazine. 

(note: Not only are the views expressed solely the individual [source] writer's, I may actually disagree with them)