Verboticism: Stamoan
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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Groanertia
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: gro - nersha
Sentence: Jeremiah had to often listen to the groanertia around his office. He was tired of the same old complaints about things that anyone had the ability to remedy.
Etymology: groan, intertia
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)
Hypocrine
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: hyp-o-crine
Sentence: Maybe if you hypocrined less, you would be a more contributive member of this workforce.
Etymology: Hypocrite + whine
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:
Gripesansameliorate
Created by: SnatchRaffle
Pronunciation: Gr ipe san sa meal io rate
Sentence: Dennis I am so sick of your gripesansameliorating! If you are bored go outside and play. Or take a nap! Ed is just a crotchety old gripesansameliorate. I don't think I've ever seen him actually work. Just sits there, and laments that his children never call.
Etymology: Gripe: complain, whine Sans: without Ameliorate: to make better
Annoyocity
Created by: flippinsweetswim
Pronunciation: an-oy-os-i-tee
Sentence: She just wont stop complaning! How Annoyocity
Etymology:
Fussloth
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: fuhs-sloth
Sentence: She's such a fussloth. She complains about workplace obscenity just to score with the boss while wearing that thong and miniskirt to work.
Etymology: fuss [complain] + sloth [a lazy person] + slut [I just felt like it was an important part of the etymology] :D
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
Carpathetic
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: car - puh - THET - ik
Sentence: Elwood is completely carpathetic about things he feels are wrong; he carps and complains but is such an ineffectual wimp he never does anything to improve things.
Etymology: Blend of 'carp' (complain) and 'pathetic' (miserably or contemptibly inadequate)
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COMMENTS:
I like this word more each time i see it. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-12: 14:45:00
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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 (to complain constantly) + quiescence (being quiet, still, or inactive)
