Verboticism: Idlewhine

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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Inirktion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: in-urk-shun
Sentence: The gals in the office belonged to the PissandMonaLisa Club - they all complained about the leaky faucet, but being prima donnas, felt it was someone else's job to report it. It was no big surprise when their inirktion turned the first floor into the new company swimming pool.
Etymology: inaction, irk
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COMMENTS:
bad case of inerktia i'd say - galwaywegian, 2007-06-15: 05:57:00
It's words like these that help me find my inirk child. - Clayton, 2007-06-15: 07:58:00
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Gripeaholic
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: gri - p - ah - haul - ik
Sentence: Sonora was a gripeaholic and she knew it. She could not stop complaining and her addiction had grown worse. She started a GA group (gripeaholic's anonymous) for people who wanted to stop. Problem was, their meetings turned into "gripefests" and nothing was ever accomplished.
Etymology: Gripe (complain) + alcholic (someone who is addicted to alcohol)
Critidawdle
Created by: kendriveset
Pronunciation: crit-i-dawdle
Sentence: Joan and Phil loved to critidawdle, especially when the bottled water machine was empty.
Etymology: criticize + dawdle
Whinemaker
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wyn may ker
Sentence: Stacy was the world's greatest whinemaker. No matter what the subject or event, she could easily manufacture a complaint about it without making any suggestions for improvements. Most people were sure that if she won big on the lottery, she'd be complaining about how she should spend it...
Etymology: Whine (complain) & Maker (someone who manufactures something) and wordplay on Winemaker (someone who produces wine)
Stagnitatious
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: stag/knee/ta/ious
Sentence: I can not count how many times a stagnitatious someone has stabbed me in the back;did I tell you about last night?
Etymology: stagnent/stuck, irritate/annoy, ious/pertaining to something = Stagnitatious
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COMMENTS:
nice word! adjective rather than verb though - AJR55, 2007-06-15: 12:06:00
keep them coming - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-16: 00:14:00
opps,sorry bout that and thanks - grasshopper, 2007-06-17: 22:08:00
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Comstain
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: com - stain
Sentence: Rather than fix the windshield, Peter felt like the spidered glass added a great comstain ice breaker during his car pooling trips.
Etymology: Complain - Sustain (sounds offensive but not intended)
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
Hypocribitch
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /hɪˈpɑkɹəˌbɪtʃ/
Sentence: We all hypocribitch sometimes.
Etymology: From hypocrite + bitch
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COMMENTS:
usually while playing a game of hypocribbage - galwaywegian, 2007-06-15: 06:08:00
Must be the Season of the Bitch. (Damn this tunacy.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 09:41:00
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Complaze
Created by: Susiestar
Pronunciation: Com-pl-aze (as in days)
Sentence: You always complaze about things. Why don't you do something about them?
Etymology: Comp - from complain laze - from the verb "to laze"
