[Ads-l] on a screed

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN:  "[Judge K] went on a long screed."

Sounds weird to me, despite OED def. as "tirade"

Traditionally you don't (or didn't) "go on" a "screed" (though you do go a
"spree," like, you know, consuming mass quantities of beer.)

JL

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