Verboticism: Statusquote
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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Statusquote
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: stat-us-KWOT
Sentence: The number of people who statusquote this place without citing their sources is remarkable.
Etymology: status quo -- (idiom, Latin) unchanging state of affairs; to quote -- to restate
Points: 422
Comments: Statusquote
rephil - 2007-06-15: 10:13:00
The etymology is difficult, because it becomes so circular one gets dizzy -- status = state, quote = restate, but quote comes from quo, I believe... AARG, the irony!
petaj - 2007-06-15: 21:15:00
I like your thinking on this one.