Verboticism: Dissatisfear
DEFINITION: n., The fear that your service representative will retaliate after you have complained. v., To be afraid of bad service because you complained about it.
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Whingesurgence
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Whinge surgence
Sentence: All June was really trying to do was start a conversation with the charming waiter. Unforunately her complete lack of tact backfired *again* and she cringed awaiting the oncoming whingesurgence
Etymology: Whinge: to complain annoyingly. Insurgence: an act of rebellion or counteroffensive
Whinerwager
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: why-ner-wey-jer
Sentence: Her whinerwager came true, her pasta dish that was too cold came back in a flash steaming hot with a dust bunny on top.
Etymology: whiner (complainer) + wager (risk)
Gaffatwaphobia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gaff at waff o bee a
Sentence: Her gaffatwaphobia was so intense that she called all of the teddy bears she gave as gifts to her nephews and nieces after herself, for fear of reprecussions.
Etymology: Gaff fatwa phobia
Waitaliaphobia
Created by: flyingheadlice
Pronunciation: way-tal-i-ah-FO-bee-ah
Sentence: Leonard has determined that Sheldon does not have waitaliaphobia, as he continuously offends Penny with no fear of repercussions.
Etymology: waiter retaliation phobia
Reciprocake
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ri-sip-ruh-keyk
Sentence: After Joyce complained about her entrée she feared that the dessert she ordered might be a slice of reciprocake.
Etymology: reciprocate (to give and receive reciprocally; interchange) + cake (a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring)
Prevengitis
Created by: Bullwinkle
Pronunciation: prevenj'itis
Sentence: The food was bad but prevengeitis kept me quiet. An overwhelming desire to prevent revenge.
Etymology:
Gripesniperr
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: gripe-SNIPE-air.....(can be pronounced with a mock French accent)
Sentence: Petula stopped at the local Serbo-Croatian restaurant on the way home from her assertiveness training seminar. The tripe was not up to snuff, and when the waiter brought her a flaccid eclair, she sent it back to the chef after browbeating the waiter who delivered it. As the minutes crawled ominously by, Petula was seized by a sudden GRIPESNIPERR....perhaps she was being too hard on the "Beav"- he was only waiting tables to pay off that AK-47 he brought from his homeland. An exorbitant tip might compensate for her hasty harangue, but by then it could be too late....Milosh might be a real GRIPESNIPER....err....."Czech, Please."
Etymology: GRIPE+SNIPE+ERR=GRIPESNIPERR...........GRIPE:to complain with grumbling;Middle English, from Old English grīpan; akin to Old High German grīfan to grasp, Lithuanian griebti.....SNIPE:shoot at exposed individuals from a usually concealed point of vantage.....ERR:to make a mistake,to violate an accepted standard of conduct, especially in an eatery of suspiciously vague ethnic origin; Middle English, from Anglo-French errer, from Latin errare to wander, err; akin to Old English ierre wandering, perverse, Gothic airzeis deceived.
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COMMENTS:
Can't identify that snack? Lookee here:
http://www.hanttula.com/exhibits/mofa/ - metrohumanx, 2008-10-28: 01:47:00
Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you! ~Tommy Smothers
- metrohumanx, 2008-10-28: 02:11:00
merde! she got away just in time - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-28: 12:59:00
Yes, Petula was just being Prague-matic! - Nosila, 2008-10-28: 13:59:00
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Remorselangst
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-MORSE-uhl-angst
Sentence: Seeing what she thought was vengeful aggravation in the eyes of the waiter when she complained about her dinner, Matilda experienced a huge wave of remorselangst and found herself wishing she'd just eaten the overdone steak rather than to complain about it.
Etymology: Blend of remorse, morsel, and angst
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COMMENTS:
Downright inspirational! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-28: 02:28:00
like it! - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-28: 13:01:00
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Revengeservice
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Be careful what you wish outloud for...
Etymology:
