eating words
- chewingCrushing food orally
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
- munchingChewing food steadily
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
gobbling · nibbling · savoring · feasting · dining · gnawing · slurping · gulping · tasting · consuming · snacking · gorging · wolfing · chomping · digesting · appetite · hunger · meal
rhetorical stance toward one's statements
eating wordsholding firm
Maintaining position resolutely
doubling down · standing one's ground · reaffirming · digging in · insisting
epistemic humility vs. stubborn certainty
eating wordsdigging in one's heels
Refusing to yield position
rhetorical stance
eating wordsvindication
Clearance of blame
justification · corroboration · validation · defiance · unapologetic