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A scolding with a job title attached, so it stings more.
means A formal, official rebuke from someone in authority for something you did wrong.
from From French réprimande, borrowed from Latin reprimere — 'to press back, check, or restrain,' built from re- ('back') plus premere ('to press'). The idea was literally of pressing someone back into line, a root it shares with words like 'press' and 'print.'
- origin
- Latin for to repress or check
- register
- formal cousin of nagging
- workplace use
- often precedes paperwork, not forgiveness
- synonym energy
- rebuke wearing a suit