Break!

Years and years ago, perhaps in junior high school, one of my teachers used to recite the Reader's Digest good vocabulary rule: "use a word ten times and it is yours."

However,
ad hominem has been used ad nauseum in this thread. GUEST, here are a few others to sprinkle into your discussion:
defamatory, malicious, vilifying, reviling, disparaging, derogatory. For two word complaints, try "cast aspersions."

Okay. Back to the discussion. . .