Niger in the news: (only this time, nothing to do with yellowcake)

President Bush at a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania: (emp add)

The Senator is denigrating the action of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts.

From hyperdictionary.com:

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

\Den"i*grate\, v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.]

1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. --Boyle.

2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.]

        To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. --Morley.

posted by Quiddity at 10/28/2004 06:52:00 AM