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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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Infranchised
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-fran-chiyzd
Sentence: as she skulked out of starbucks with her ridiculously large sweet warm beveridge she was feeling incredibly infranchised
Etymology: in, franchise, disenfranchised
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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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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Americanogigolo
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/mare/i/kano/jig/oh/low
Sentence: He was just buying espressos for the guys on the desk but the barista who already had his favourite americano brewing made him experience an acute attack of americanogigolo.
Etymology: americano + American Gigolo (of Richard Gere fame)
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COMMENTS:
More memories of Beverley Hills - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-22: 05:18:00
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Latteguilt
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lata gilt
Sentence: When she walked into her favorite coffee place, Edna new that trouble was percolating. Her barista, Raoul, had spotted her yesterday with a Starbuck's cup as she walked to work. He espressoed his disdain for her and she felt a latteguilt. "Java an idea how hard it is for me to urn a living when my patrons sip around?", he asked. "I feel like a mug", she responded. "I'm just a human bean, afterall..."
Etymology: Latte (strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk) & Guilt(remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence)
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COMMENTS:
What a Story!! - SethelMerman, 2012-10-22: 12:13:00
A real brew-haha - Nosila, 2012-10-22: 18:28:00
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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)
Generetic
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: Jen - er' - uh - tick
Sentence: That ungrateful Generetic began drinking Dunkin Donuts coffee right in front of me!
Etymology: generic / heretic
Cappuccheato
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kap/oo/cheet/oh
Sentence: The extra two blocks to Star Bucks seemed difficult today for Mary, so she visited Second Cup. After the fist sip an overwhelming feeling of cappuccheato set in and she broke down and had to dispose of her 'fling coffee' in the nearest waste bin.
Etymology: cappuccino + cheat
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COMMENTS:
and the moral of this is 'never have your first cup at second cup' - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-19: 15:09:00
If Mary not careful, someone might call in the coppacheatoes! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-19: 17:43:00
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Difsipia
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: dif-SIP-ee-uh
Sentence: It gave me much difsipia, Anderson's dark roast completes me, Randle's depletes me.
Etymology: Different: another, not the same + Sip: to taste + ia:a suffix
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COMMENTS:
LOVE THE ETYMOLOGY - DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-24: 11:21:00
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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
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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