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DEFINITION: v. To complain and complain about a problem without ever taking action to correct it. n. A complaint about something which you can fix but choose not to.
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Diarrheaofthemouth
Created by: jonique
Pronunciation: Die-ah-ree-ah-ov-the-mow-th
Sentence: Karen constantly suffers from diarrheaofthemouth whenever company comes over.
Etymology: Derived from the words diarrhea, meaning well you know. And from the words of, the, and mouth. This is pretty self-explanatory.
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COMMENTS:
Commonly known as verbal diarrhoea. - petaj, 2007-06-15: 21:05:00
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Whinecrastinate
Created by: airliebee
Pronunciation: whyne-cras-tuh-nayt
Sentence: "Jodie spends more time whinecrastinating about her fat butt than she does exercising. If she worked her body out as much as she works her jaw out, she'd be a size six too!" "Barry is the biggest whinecrastinator on the planet. He was telling me how frustrating it is that his desk is messy. Well, it's his own fault, isn't it! Why didn't he just clean it up instead of wasting his breath telling me about it? I have actual work to do!" "Thomas, your whinecrastination is beyond belief! Ever heard of Nike? Just do it, man!"
Etymology: whine - to make a complaining cry or sound + crastinate, from procrastinate - to delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
Boredowhine
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bor do whyne
Sentence: They called her Crackling Rosie, because she was the Whine Connoissuer in the office. She would complain about everything, even things she could fix herself. She was also the world's worst gossip. When she was boredowhine, she filled up her chats with actual and perceived items about her co-workers. She met her match though when Rhett Seena joined the staff. He was a way worse whiner and gossip than she. It especially hit her hard when he started inventing gossip about her. The boredowhine became a borderline and had to go off on stress leave.
Etymology: Bored (uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence) & o (short for of) & Whine (to complain in a paintive, whining way) & Play on Bordeaux Wine (any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them)
Exacerplain
Created by: AlouattaPigra
Pronunciation: Eggs Ass Er Plain
Sentence: "Bee off 'wit 'yer exacerplaining!" Faedur belted. "I be so tired of 'earin dis talk about how to improve tings, but 'wit no will at all to do anyting about it!" Francois looked to the cracks in the soil beneath his feet. "I will forever keep 'dem exacerplaints to 'meself! No use make tings worse by pointing out me own hinesight now."
Etymology: Exacerbate - Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse + Complain - Express dissatisfaction or annoyance about a state of affairs or an event.
Kvetchtwentytwo
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: Kvech-twen-tee-too
Sentence: There was only one kvetch, and that was KvetchTwentyTwo. When Woesarrian started complaining about all the complaining going on, he realized that his liver was never going to heal.
Etymology: Kvetch (complain incessantly) + Catch22
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Carpathetic
Created by: LunaC
Pronunciation: car-pa-thet-tick
Sentence: George carpatheticizes about work, yet refuses to even consider looking for a new job.
Etymology: carp; apathetic
Carpathetic
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: car - puh - THET - ik
Sentence: Elwood is completely carpathetic about things he feels are wrong; he carps and complains but is such an ineffectual wimp he never does anything to improve things.
Etymology: Blend of 'carp' (complain) and 'pathetic' (miserably or contemptibly inadequate)
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COMMENTS:
I like this word more each time i see it. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-12: 14:45:00
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Fussargy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fəsərjē
Sentence: In a case of fussargy Alan complained that somebody had left the Xerox machine void of paper despite the fact that a pack of paper is sitting on the shelf next the copier. At that point he returned to his office leaving it just the way he found it.
Etymology: fuss (show unnecessary or excessive concern about something) + lethargy (a lack of energy and enthusiasm)
Criticycle
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: KRIH-tih-sye-kuhl
Sentence: Alex's girlfriend had no idea that her laments over his lack of mouthwash merely put her in a criticycle.
Etymology: criticise + cycle (circling round and round)

Comments:
Still bothered by office politics? Well, as Timothy Johnson advises in GUST, it's time quit complaining and take action, or at least, it's time to make up a new word about complaining... Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram and Timothy! ~ James
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James