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'Omigod! You're cheating on me!'

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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Perkotraitor

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: purk - ooo - tray - tore

Sentence: Honey felt like a peerkotraitor. Ben bought her a gift bag of Starbucks coffee but each morning, she brewed a fresh pot of Folgers and poured it in the "Starbucks" mug. She didn't know how to tell him that she liked cheap coffee better.

Etymology: Perkolator - device used to brew coffee or a person who brews it + traitor - someone who is not loyal and betrays a cause or trust.

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Labelshame

DrWebsterIII

Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: la"bel - sha*m

Sentence: Maxine tried to sneak past the mean girls outside of The Gap as she felt labelshamed with her Forever 21 bag:(

Etymology: label (an identifying brand) + shame (painful feeling having lost the respect of others

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Cafflipflop

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KAFF-flip-flop

Sentence: After Bob's cafflipflop, all that was left for him was isolatte.

Etymology: Blend of CAFF as in Caffiene; FLIP-FLOP: change of mind, reversal, apostasy

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Preferenslip

Created by: Jenna

Pronunciation: pref-er-ehn-slip

Sentence: Mary felt a wave of PREFERENSLIP when she was seen wearing Old Navy in The Gap.

Etymology: preference + slip

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Contrabranding

Created by: Kooldaddy

Pronunciation: con-tra-bran ding

Sentence: Jane was embarrassed when her favorite Barrista from Starbucks caught her contrabranding at Java Jones.

Etymology: brand betrayal, branding, out-branding, contrary branding, and contraband

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Cafeconlecher

Created by: audrey

Pronunciation:

Sentence: A cafeconlecher is a coffee whore; he french presses a sulawesi/kenya blend with one day and a Tim Horton's big one the next

Etymology: cafe con leche and lecher

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Straytron

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Strey-truhn

Sentence: Captain Felipe was having the best day of his life, booming his stereo while speeding up and down main street in his new Honda. Unfortunately it was right in front of his Mercury Sable dealer Stephan, he felt like such a straytron.

Etymology: Stray - Patron, sounds like patron

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Embaristment

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: em BAYR ist ment

Sentence: Joe couldn't escape a vague feeling of embaristment as he walked right past Czarbucks coffee shop holding a cup of convenience store coffee. After all, most of them in there knew him by name. His mocapriciousness had a reason, though, and it wasn't that he was tired of paying $80 a month for coffee; it was his newfound crush on the cute girl behind the counter at the convenience store. Years of coffealty to went out the window when it came to her; even fear of dreg-radation couldn't stand up against love.

Etymology: embarrassment + barist(a)

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COMMENTS:

Latte fun! - Nosila, 2010-01-18: 23:07:00

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Genheretic

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: jen - hayr - eh - tik

Sentence: Lila felt like a genheretic as she sipped on her Sam's Club coffee disguised by one of the Starbuck's Cups that she had saved for just this occasion.

Etymology: generic, heretic (characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards)

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Timwhoretons

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: tim/hor/tons

Sentence: Any Canadian who gets coffee at any other franchise feels like a timwhoreton.

Etymology: Tim Hortons + whore

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COMMENTS:

You must have caught me timwhoretoning at Star Bucks. Great word!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-09-20: 12:02:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-09-19: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-01-18: 00:18:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

DrWebsterIII DrWebsterIII - 2012-10-22: 19:39:00
love the etymology

DrWebsterIII DrWebsterIII - 2012-10-22: 19:40:00
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