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DEFINITION: n. A person who regularly sulks inside cafes and coffeehouses all day, contributing nothing more to their world than a pout. v. To glower angrily at the state of world affairs while remaining inactive and unemployed.
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Coffeegrouse
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kôfēgrous
Sentence: Ruby spends much of her day in the local coffee shop. While the waitress pours her java, she pours out her displeasure with the state of her life. Her grumbling has earned her the title of coffeegrouse.
Etymology: coffee (a drink made from the roasted and ground bean-like seeds of a tropical shrub) + grouse (complain pettily; grumble) play on coffeehouse
Staryucks
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: starr yeukks
Sentence: the staryucks always take the best seats in the cafe and the solitary readers always take the largest table.
Etymology: starbucks yuck
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COMMENTS:
Just like people on airplanes who grab the window seats and then either read all the way there or worst stil, draw the blinds so no one can see where they are going...don't get me started! - Nosila, 2010-07-16: 23:00:00
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Suppoutcast
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: sup+pout+cast
Sentence: Were it not for the number of suppoutcasts constantly hanging around, there would hardly have been enough business for one coffeehouse in town, let alone several.
Etymology: sup+pout+cast
Caffunk
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: cah-funk
Sentence: As she sat in a dim corner of the cafe Eleanor pondered her unemployment and no one dared interrupt her since she was in one of her notorious caffunks.
Etymology: caffine+funk(bad mood)
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COMMENTS:
love it. - mweinmann, 2009-07-07: 00:26:00
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Abominertia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: uh-bom-in-ER-sha
Sentence: Gladys had a very bad case of abominertia, angry at the world in general and her life in particular and she took great pains to let everyone around her know just how displeased she was while making no effort whatsoever to change her status.
Etymology: Blend of 'abominable' (repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome) and 'inertia' (Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness)
Joebegone
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: joh-bi-gawn
Sentence: Another sad day for Janice. It's all she could do to get her jobegone self out of the house to share a good glower with folks at the coffee shop.
Etymology: joe (coffee) + woebegone (sorrowful or sad in appearance)
Decaffdeflated
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Dee-kaff-dee-flay-ted
Sentence: Sue had been in the cafe for over an hour, contemplating things. She could sum them up in a few words. No Job, no life, no hope!! The longer she sat there glowering over yet another cup of coffee she just got more and more decaffdeflated.
Etymology: Decaffinated(to have had caffeine removed) + Cafe(a place for refreshment)+ deflated(to become morose,depressed) = decaffdeflated
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-16: 10:14:00
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Espressonated
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: es-pres-so-na-ted
Sentence: Mary is the most espressonated person I know. She can spend a whole day sitting at Starbucks drinking coffee and kvetching.
Etymology: espresso: a strong coffee brewed by forcing steam through finely ground coffee beans + expression: an outward manifistation of mood or disposition + opinionated: holding stubbornly to one's opinions; dogmatic
Socialgripe
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: so shall gripe
Sentence: Akin to the socialite is the socialgripe, with no hobbies or job prospects, but plenty of serious interests in society’s problems. Sour socialgripes congregate in neighbourhood cafes to share stories of social injustices. Many socialgripes have geniune concerns, but lack resources to remedy them.
Etymology: From: socialite and gripe.
Coppoutchino
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cop/out/cheeno
Sentence: Sally believed in the philosophy of coppoutchino and regularly drowned her sorrows in a big cup of freshly brood coffee.
Etymology: cop out + pout + cappucino
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COMMENTS:
Good Blend...heady yet aromatic! - Nosila, 2009-07-06: 10:06:00
clever....ground, brood and enjoyed in a new blend of capuchino, cop out and pout...like it. - mweinmann, 2009-07-06: 12:07:00
Best word today! (Although I don\'t want to try this blend!) - splendiction, 2009-07-06: 12:34:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2009-07-07: 00:30:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by scissorlips. Thank you scissorlips. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by scissorlips. Thank you scissorlips. ~ James
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