Verboticism: Boredowhine
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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Gripethetic
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: gryp-eh-THET-ic
Sentence: Winston is absolutely and hopelessly gripethetic; he constantly yammers about issues and conditions that he thinks are wrong but when it comes to making any effort to change them he remains silent.
Etymology: Blend of 'gripe' (v. to complain with grumbling ) and 'pathetic' (adj. pitifully inferior or inadequate)
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
Kvetchklatsch
Created by: Pythias
Pronunciation: k-vetch-klatsch
Sentence: Not to be remedied, but to be savoured, the highlight of their day was a veritable kvetchklatsch.
Etymology: kvetch - klatsch
Growlapath
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gr-owl-ah-path
Sentence: Being a growlapath was a self-fulfilling prophecy for petty Myrtle. Shooting herself in the foot was a daily exercise.
Etymology: growl (gripe) + apath (as in pathological) and (as in apathy)
Whinertia
Created by: Katisms1
Pronunciation: wine-ER-sha
Sentence: Having perfected the fine art of complaining about everything and solving nothing, she could have run for Governor of the state of whinertia -- and won in a landslide.
Etymology: whine (and/or whiner) + inertia
Rubuxyn
Created by: shnakepup
Pronunciation: ruh-BUX-in
Sentence: Hey, that trick was rubuxyn, yo.
Etymology:
Blazemy
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: blai-zem-ee
Sentence: The water cooler was the place to hear a fresh blazemy in the heady work-shy days before bankruptcy
Etymology: blame + lazy
Rewhined
Created by: surdut
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her friends tired of her rewhining about her boyfriend, so they sent her to a shrink in hopes that she would move forward.
Etymology:
Grumbledrone
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Grum-bel-dro-n
Sentence: Marge was the biggest grumbledrone ever, she would continually go on and on about something but would never do anything to rectify the matter. Today it was the 'foul' taste of the coffee again. However, no matter how much she hated it, she still refused to bring in her own favourite brand.
Etymology: Grumble(complain or protest in a bad-tempered way) + Drone(to speak tediously at length) = Grumbledrone
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COMMENTS:
Man- SO MANY good words today!
GRUMBLEDRONE has a GREAT sound.
Nice imagery it generates. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:23:00
A drone is also (n.) An idle person who lives off others; a loafer. Eggzullent word. - Mustang, 2008-08-08: 07:43:00
Good word...another Hairy Potter reference?? Keep on Rowling on the River! - Nosila, 2008-08-08: 22:44:00
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-09: 18:40:00
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