Verboticism: Gripesence

'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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Gripesence

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: grahyp/es/uhnt

Sentence: Every office has two, or three incessant bitchers (women) and bastarders (men) who complain about every detail and do nothing about it except be bitchers and bastarders. This evil underlying gripesence is the single most distructive force in the workplace.

Etymology: gripe + quiescence

Points: 617

Comments: Gripesence

purpleartichokes - 2007-06-15: 09:37:00
Oh The Gripes of Riffraff.

petaj - 2007-06-16: 01:42:00
Purple, that sounds like a sickening scene from the Rocky Horror Show