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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.
Verboticisms
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Dramascret
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Dro-ma-scret
Sentence: Shelia whispered a "dramascret" to me and made me promise not to tell anyone. She was so dramatic that I thought to myself...hmmmm, OH! I must know more of her secret gossip. She always does this expecting different results. If she only would keep her dramascret's to herself,he thought,then he wouldn't be wasting his coffee break on such drivel.
Etymology: Dramatic and secret gossip
Stamoan
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: stah-mone
Sentence: I can't be arsed to actually do anything about my problems, but sometimes a good stamoan makes me feel so much better about my life.
Etymology: Static/stay + same + moan = stamoan
Megawhinge
Created by: AJR55
Pronunciation:
Sentence: All she did was megawhinge about her homework, but she never actually started it...
Etymology: mega - big, huge whinge - moan (as in complain), whine
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COMMENTS:
great start AJR55 - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-16: 00:15:00
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Swaitandbitch
Created by: jimmmm
Pronunciation: swait-and-bitch
Sentence: Rather than cancel his subscription to the ever-shrinking newspaper, the customer chose to 's'wait-and-bitch.
Etymology: proper spelling is 's'wait-and-bitch; from combining form 's' of "just" + wait + and + bitch
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COMMENTS:
Yo ! GOOD one! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 17:44:00
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Whinewaiter
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: whyne way ter
Sentence: Julie and Manfred were the ultimate whinewaiters. They would complain about everything and wait to see if anyone else would fix it. It got so that everyone else avoided them because they hated the constant grousing. Finally, the pair had to admit that there was little to complain about, as no one came near them... poor dears, call a WAMbulance!
Etymology: Whine (moan, complain in a plaintive manner) & Waiter (someone who bides their time until the right moment) & Wordplay on Wine Waiter (a sommelier in a restaurant who helps you select the perfect plonk to wash down your dinner)
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)
Ennuwaaah
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: ahn WAAA
Sentence: Moana suffered from ennuwaaah - she liked to complain about little problems all day long but she never had the energy to work on solving any of them. At least she liked variety - she alternated between grouse, beef, and carp with her whine.
Etymology: ennui + "Waaah"
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COMMENTS:
waaanderful - Nosila, 2010-01-11: 23:36:00
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Moanotonous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mone ot tennus
Sentence: Mona Lott never said a positive word in her life. She was famous for her endless, moanotonous harangues. She found a soulmate in her co-worker, Beef Grizzle, the Whine-Stoned Owwwboy! They spent many hours grumbling, griping, muttering, squawking and bitching about everything and everyone at work. Luckily, they had no friends or lives, so their complaints were work-driven. After their new boss warned them about their bad-apple effect on the whole retail team, they still could not resist tirading about her mean streak. I mean, after all, even though they changed the name of their department to Customer Service, it was still really The Complaint Department. It's just a pity that most of the moanotonous activity came from their own 2 employees!
Etymology: moan (complain, gripe, grumble, whine or an utterance expressing pain or disapproval)& monotonous (tediously repetitious or lacking in variety or sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch)
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COMMENTS:
Hilariously appropriate. Scored again! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:18:00
Very funny sentence, good word too! - TJayzz, 2008-08-08: 09:25:00
groanoh!! thanks for the welcome back - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-08: 10:53:00
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Gripesence
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: grahyp/es/uhnt
Sentence: Every office has two, or three incessant bitchers (women) and bastarders (men) who complain about every detail and do nothing about it except be bitchers and bastarders. This evil underlying gripesence is the single most distructive force in the workplace.
Etymology: gripe + quiescence
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COMMENTS:
Oh The Gripes of Riffraff. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 09:37:00
Purple, that sounds like a sickening scene from the Rocky Horror Show - petaj, 2007-06-16: 01:42:00
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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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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