Verboticism: Betrade
DEFINITION: n., A type of guilt associated with a lapse in brand loyalty; especially when caught surreptitiously zipping the "wrong" coffee by your barista "friend". v. To secretly switch brands.
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Skulmuggery
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skəlˈməgərē
Sentence: In a underbranded act of skulmuggery Mindy purchased her morning cup of wake-up from the local gas station and transferred it to her Starbucks mug. She even pretended that she enjoyed it as she settled in for her day at work.
Etymology: skulduggery (underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; trickery) + mug (a large cup, typically cylindrical and with a handle and used without a saucer, typically used for coffee)
Generetic
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: Jen - er' - uh - tick
Sentence: That ungrateful Generetic began drinking Dunkin Donuts coffee right in front of me!
Etymology: generic / heretic
Brewmorse
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: broo-mohrs
Sentence: He felt a twinge of brewmorse as he left the Starbuck's drive thru, as it had once been a local coffee shop.
Etymology: brew, remorse
Culpalabelity
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kulpa lay bel itee
Sentence: Saundra was jeanetically challenged. She loved her old Levi's, but of late found them more expensive, the right fits harder to find and the brand carried less design variety for a fashionista like her. She had guiltily bought a marvy pair of new jeans with rhinestones and embroidery adorning them at a discount store. So what if they would only last through a few washes before they shredded. With a fearsome culpalabelity, she wore them to work one day. Her eagle-eyed manager spotted the new jeans right away. He shouted, "Saundra you can only come waltzing into this Levi's store if it is by Stauss!"
Etymology: Culpability (a state of guilt) & Label (brand;trade name;an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)
Discoffery
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: dis-coff-err-ree
Sentence: Despite her vain attempt to conceal the starbucks cup in her hand, Muriel couldn't deny her discoffery when Kevin asked her why he hadn't seen her at his coffee shop. She had been discoffered.
Etymology: dis - (negative/reverse) + coffee + a play on 'discovery' = discoffery.
Disroyalty
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: dis-roy-el-tee
Sentence: It was a elite club with just two members--Amber and her co-worker Karen--who knew where to still find Tab and were willing to walk over to the convenience store in the lobby three buildings down to get it. But when Amber discovered that Diet Coke with Lime was an acceptable--and more readily available--substitute, her disroyalty so offended Karen that she couldn't even look Amber in the eye as she charged past her cube with her pink can of Tab in hand.
Etymology: It's a play on disloyalty, but also incorporates the idea of "dissing" the royalty that branded products get.
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COMMENTS:
Great word. Super usage, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:33:00
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Newtimer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: noōtaɪmər
Sentence: Joan’s barista thought she was a faithful customer. What he didn’t know is that she is really a newtimer, checking out whatever is advertised as ”the latest and greatest”. She has been known to buy a second cup just to cover her treason.
Etymology: new (not existing before) + two-timer (deceive or be unfaithful to)
Difsipia
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: dif-SIP-ee-uh
Sentence: It gave me much difsipia, Anderson's dark roast completes me, Randle's depletes me.
Etymology: Different: another, not the same + Sip: to taste + ia:a suffix
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COMMENTS:
LOVE THE ETYMOLOGY - DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-24: 11:21:00
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Embaristment
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: em BAYR ist ment
Sentence: Joe couldn't escape a vague feeling of embaristment as he walked right past Czarbucks coffee shop holding a cup of convenience store coffee. After all, most of them in there knew him by name. His mocapriciousness had a reason, though, and it wasn't that he was tired of paying $80 a month for coffee; it was his newfound crush on the cute girl behind the counter at the convenience store. Years of coffealty to went out the window when it came to her; even fear of dreg-radation couldn't stand up against love.
Etymology: embarrassment + barist(a)
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COMMENTS:
Latte fun! - Nosila, 2010-01-18: 23:07:00
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Infranchised
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-fran-chiyzd
Sentence: as she skulked out of starbucks with her ridiculously large sweet warm beveridge she was feeling incredibly infranchised
Etymology: in, franchise, disenfranchised