Verboticism: Maitrebution

'That cake is so dry it's completely indigestible!'

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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Maitrebution

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mey/truh/byoo/shun

Sentence: As soon as she returned her over cooked steak, she had a sick sense that maitrebution would occur behind the closed doors of the kitchen on her new steak.

Etymology: maitre d'+ retribution

Points: 398

Comments: Maitrebution

franke - 2007-11-30: 10:03:00
Great word -- I'll be thinking about it the next time I send food back at a restaurant. Yikes!!

purpleartichokes - 2007-11-30: 10:22:00
A legitimate beef. No doubt her next steak will be cooked medium hair.

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