Diatribe is the name of a weekly column by Greek-Australian journalist, poet and lawyer Dean Kalimniou

Dean Kalimniou

Dean Kalimniou is an Australian lawyer, writer and journalist of Greek descent. Dean Kalimniou was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1977...

 appearing in the Melbourne

Melbourne

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 Greek language

Greek language

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 newspaper Neos Kosmos since 2001. The column deals generally with issues pertaining to the Greek

Greeks

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 community in Australia

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, and it is widely read internationally.

Pronunciation: 'dI-&-"trIb

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin diatriba, from Greek diatribe pastime, discourse, from diatribein to spend (time), wear away, from dia- + tribein to rub—more at THROW

1 archaic : a prolonged discourse

2 : a bitter and abusive speech or writing

3 : ironic or satirical criticism