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poison-pen letter

noun as in hatchet job

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There’s something instructive in that failure, and it speaks to the raging confusion, verging on incoherence, at the heart of “Babylon” — namely, its insistence on being both a poison-pen letter and a valentine, a decadent celebration and a politically conscious corrective.

A college student must prevent an impending disaster when he erroneously sends a poison-pen letter to his girlfriend.

A college student must prevent an impending disaster when he erroneously sends a poison-pen letter to his girlfriend.

A college student must prevent an impending disaster when he erroneously sends a poison-pen letter to his girlfriend.

A college student must prevent an impending disaster when he erroneously sends a poison-pen letter to his girlfriend.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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