the Malign fantasy

[Doug Millison]

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=drubbing

drub (drb)
  v. drubbed, drub·bing, drubs.
  v. tr.
  1.To thrash with a stick.
  2.To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head.
3.
a.To defeat emphatically.
b.To berate harshly.
  4.To stamp (the feet).

  v. intr.
  1.To beat the ground; stamp.
  2.To pound; throb.

  n.
A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.


If you're going to play the dictionary game, maybe you should 
consider reading all the meanings of the word next time.
The word choice and the fantasy remain Malign's, and pathetically so.

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