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A more than funny tirade
Date "tirade" was first used: 1801. (references)
Etymology: Tirade \Ti*rade"\, noun. [French expression, from Italian tirada, properly, pulling; hence, lengthening out, long speech, tirade, from tirare to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to English tear to redn. See Tear to rend, and compare to Tire to tear.
Teutonic?
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