1. a long speech characterised by lofty and often pompous language.
2. Rhetoric: the concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.
You know the patch of the retching jackal? Well, it's based on a drawing by Al Jaffee of Mad magazine. The only reason I know is because this drawing has stuck with me since I was a kid. memorable stuff indeed.
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