He tended to turn to it when in need of vituperative words: pig - theologians or sow - theologians was a favourite description of conventional teachers who just repeated the same old lectures, snoring and grunting. (religion-online.org)
However, if the post is filled with ad hominem remarks, vituperative language, or otherwise inflammatory content, we will most likely just screen it out as per our comment policy. (realclimate.org)
As you would expect, he wasn't as vituperative as Williams, but he revealed that, when recently asked to name his political hero, he had chosen the late Labour leader John Smith. (theguardian.com)