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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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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
Gapffe
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: gap/fa
Sentence: Shopping at Old Navy is a huge GAPffe
Etymology: gaffe + GAP
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
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:
excelatte! - galwaywegian, 2007-09-19: 05:56:00
Well espressoed! Perhaps the barista just needed to get cafe au laid. - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-19: 11:31:00
too true - an extra fine grind might have bean just what the doctor ordered - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-19: 12:05:00
Looks like he has the makings of logogigolo! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-19: 17:45:00
Caf fine! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-19: 17:50:00
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Sipocrite
Created by: Navalon
Pronunciation: Sip-o-crit
Sentence: "James, you sipocrite!" yelled Megan moments before she stormed out of the coffee shop that had not too recently fired her for un-barista like behavior.
Etymology: Beverage related hypocrisy.
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COMMENTS:
neat - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-21: 16:17:00
SIP-erb word! - Nosila, 2008-08-21: 22:15:00
terrific; clever,too. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-22: 05:05:00
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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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Embaristment
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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Desolatteshun
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: deh sow layt sh unn
Sentence: Her desolatteshun upon being thrown out of the Professional Young Mothers for Progressive Shopping coffee mornings, when she was spotted with a generic jar of instant, was the most acute case of logonorrhea she had ever suffered.
Etymology: desolation, latte, shun.
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-21: 16:18:00
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Locamochashun
Created by: marglark
Pronunciation: lowka-moka-shun
Sentence: she went through locamochashun when the was cought red branded(other word choice).
Etymology: loca(crazy in spanish) + mocha + shun + locomotion(moving on)
Messpresso
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: mess/presso
Sentence: Aria was so humiliated that she went ahead and banned herself from Le Cafe de Cafe. Having been spotted by "Lucky Pierre" the cafe's owner as she stood in line at Starbuck's...yeah, she was a real messpresso. She no longer felt worthy of his homemade croissants or his famous watered down Joe.
Etymology: mess esspresso
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
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