Verboticism: Entropeeve
DEFINITION: n., A person who diligently and persistently complains about their work. v., To enjoy bellyaching about your job so much that you would never consider quitting.
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Whinaholic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: whin/a/hol/ic
Sentence: My boss is a major whinaholic about his job. Our hours are 8:30 - 5:00, but he arrives at 7:30 and leaves at 5:30 so he can smooze and cruise with the staff, but never stops bitching about what he has to do.
Etymology: whine + workaholic
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COMMENTS:
Tried to create my word on 'holic'- you came up with a goodun! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-18: 18:28:00
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Depestic
Created by: deaninc
Pronunciation: d-pest-ic
Sentence: being depestic is physically draining
Etymology: the combincation of depression and pessimism
Industragripe
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: in-dus-tra-gripe
Sentence: After 30 years at her government job, Alma gradually had become a professional industragripe.
Etymology: industry (work) & gripe (complain/moan/bitch)
Bellyyay
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: BEHL-lee-yay
Sentence: Alex plan was this: why aspire to supervising manager when he could bellyyay all he wanted as managerial supervisor?
Etymology: bellyache + yay
Breadwhiner
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bredwīnər
Sentence: As the chief breadwhiner for his family, Thomas feels trapped in a job he hates. He can moan, gripe, snivel and grumble with the best of them. Perhaps working in the complaint department isn’t the best match for him.
Etymology: breadwinner (a person who earns money to support a family) + whiner (a feeble or petulant complainer)
Colleave
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: kol/leev
Sentence: It was bad enough that my desk was moved away from window with the gorgeous city view. I now had to endure working side by side with Ken, the company's colleave. Everyday it was the same. Ranting, whining, threatening and the packing and unpacking of his personal belongings, only to then have to "smile and wave" at the end of the day as he said "Another day another dollar. See you tomorrow."
Etymology: colleague + leave
Unfulfillbert
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: un-ful-fil-burt
Sentence: Jack was such an unfulfillbert, all he did was complain about how unsatisfied he was with his job.
Etymology: unfulfilled + dilbert
Moandrone
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mone drone
Sentence: Sherry was a moandrone. She endlessly complained about everything at work. Her peers called her Moana Lot behind her back and many had told her she should quit if she hated it so much. But truth is, despite it all, she had found the perfect job at the distillery. She was now officially called a whine taster...
Etymology: Moan (complain,indicate displeasure/discomfort) & Drone (an unchanging intonation;someone who takes more time than necessary, lags behind)
Jobstingrate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: job/stin/grate
Sentence: Hal's favourite part of the day was spent jobstingrating. On weekends he felt sad and underdepreciated.
Etymology: job + obstinate + grate
Pissinmoanivator
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: piss-n-moan-eh-vay-tor
Sentence: Terry has been with the company for 13 years now. Nobody's really sure what her job is other than pissinmoanivating everyone about her boss.
Etymology: "Piss and Moan" + "Motivate"