Verboticism: Deridleness

'The gossip around here is awful.'

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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Deridleness

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: di-RAHYD-l-nis

Sentence: Gracie's incessant deridling was symptomatic of her untenable hypocrisycophancy. She was even heard complaining to the boss about the tissues in her own wastebasket.

Etymology: deride + idleness

Points: 860

Comments: Deridleness

purpleartichokes - 2007-06-15: 09:32:00
That's snot Gracie, that's Ingracieous.

Clayton - 2007-06-15: 18:13:00
Lord nose!

petaj - 2007-06-15: 21:12:00
Snorting with laughter! This sentence could be the pick of the day!

Clayton - 2007-06-15: 23:10:00
That'd be so upsniffting.

Jabberwocky - 2007-06-16: 00:10:00
Love grows where my Rosemary goes And nobody nose like me (sung by Pinochio)

Clayton - 2007-06-16: 02:59:00
Haha. There's no business like nose business. (Sung by a plastic surgeon.)