Originally Posted by Beestie

Maybe its me (undoubtedly) but I always thought anathema was one of those words that you used when you had no idea WtF you were talking about but wanted to intimidate anyone else who also didn't know WtF you were talking about from asking: "Ummm, Excuse me, Papal Dude but and I'm sure its something really important and I'm really a dumbass for asking but exactly WtF is an ANATHEMA?"