The celebrity Kim Kardashian was sued by the Cookie Diet when she wrote negative comments about the diet and its founder on a Twitter post. The company claimed that Kardashian's negative comments had caused tens of millions of dollars in damages to its business and harm to its reputation. The Cookie Diet company was accusing Kardashian of what misuse of language?

A. Defamation
B. Hate speech
C. Profanity
D. Jargon


Answer: A

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