word du jour

kudos for today's lesson in vocabulary goes to yet another alert reader who sent the following word via email: jeremiad. my first thought? "maybe this is what happens to someone when they've read too many of the old testament prophets?" so, to avoid certain shaming by misuse, i looked it up.

jeremiad: noun, from the french jeremiade, 1780. a prolonged lament (see, it could be the prophets!) or complaint; also a cautionary or angry harangue (also a great word).

challenge to you: making up a sentence using "jeremiad"...