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DEFINITION: n., A type of guilt associated with a lapse in brand loyalty; especially when caught surreptitiously zipping the "wrong" coffee by your barista "friend". v. To secretly switch brands.
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Meagulpa
Created by: skeeterzirra
Pronunciation: mee ah gull pa
Sentence: I was caught with ICED java, my meagulpa!
Etymology: Latin mea culpa
Cappucheater
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: cap-uh-chee-ter
Sentence: The cappucheater was never let into his favorite local coffee shop again when he was caught drinking Starbucks.
Etymology: cappuccino + cheater
Culpaccino
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: KULL-pah-CHEE-noh
Sentence: Kate was filled with culpaccino as she quietly sipped her coffee under Mike's accusing stare.
Etymology: culpable (guilty and responsible) + cappuccino (type of coffee)
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COMMENTS:
Love it! Great play on words. :) - abrakadeborah, 2012-12-06: 14:41:00
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Brandwhoring
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: Brandwhoring - brand'hoo'ring
Sentence: After drinking at Starbucks for a while, Jill branched out and started Brandwhoring at Tim Hortons.
Etymology: A person who switches from their regular brand to another while maintaining allegience to the first brand.
Culpalabelity
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kulpa lay bel itee
Sentence: Saundra was jeanetically challenged. She loved her old Levi's, but of late found them more expensive, the right fits harder to find and the brand carried less design variety for a fashionista like her. She had guiltily bought a marvy pair of new jeans with rhinestones and embroidery adorning them at a discount store. So what if they would only last through a few washes before they shredded. With a fearsome culpalabelity, she wore them to work one day. Her eagle-eyed manager spotted the new jeans right away. He shouted, "Saundra you can only come waltzing into this Levi's store if it is by Stauss!"
Etymology: Culpability (a state of guilt) & Label (brand;trade name;an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)
Cupterfuge
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kup-ter-fyooj
Sentence: Joan ran into her favorite barista while she was shopping for groceries. He mentioned that he hadn't seen her as often as he once had. She played it off by telling him that her work schedule had changed. Her cupterfuge unraveled when she set down the cup of coffee she was sipping. As she did the cardboard heat guard slipped down exposing the logo of a different coffee shop. She was so embarrassed she ran away crying.
Etymology: cup (a container used to hold a dring like tea or coffee) + subterfuge (deception, scheme, trick)
Brandslipsip
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: brand-slip-sip
Sentence: Bob was brandesultory: a new brand a day was his way. When drinking coffee it had to be a sneaky brandslipsip; for sunscreen a shifty brandslipslop. But during times of quiet reflection it was a brandslip-guilt-trip.
Etymology: "brand" & "slip" (to fall into mistake, error, to err, sin)& "sip."
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COMMENTS:
and sometimes, if he was indecisive, he did a brandslipflipflop - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-19: 15:08:00
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Brandereliction
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: bran-der-e-lik-shun
Sentence: "You would not believe the brandereliction I felt when I couldn't find my usual moisturizer."
Etymology: brand + dereliction
Convaldez
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: kon-vahl-dez
Sentence: Betsy was filled regret and convaldez when Juan caught her with Hunky Donut's Kona Blend instead of her usual Moondollar Columbian.
Etymology: con + Juan Valdez
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COMMENTS:
I bet she got an ass whipping - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-19: 15:11:00
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Beantrayal
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: beeen TRAY uhl
Sentence: "It's not mine," she insisted. But it was too late. He was staring at the matching lipstick on the cup -- evidence of her beantrayal.
Etymology: bean (coffee bean) + betrayal (having been disloyal to)
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COMMENTS:
2 in a row WERQUE!!
- DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-24: 00:20:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
love the etymology
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