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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.
Verboticisms
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Sipocrite
Created by: Navalon
Pronunciation: Sip-o-crit
Sentence: "James, you sipocrite!" yelled Megan moments before she stormed out of the coffee shop that had not too recently fired her for un-barista like behavior.
Etymology: Beverage related hypocrisy.
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COMMENTS:
neat - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-21: 16:17:00
SIP-erb word! - Nosila, 2008-08-21: 22:15:00
terrific; clever,too. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-22: 05:05:00
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Americanogigolo
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/mare/i/kano/jig/oh/low
Sentence: He was just buying espressos for the guys on the desk but the barista who already had his favourite americano brewing made him experience an acute attack of americanogigolo.
Etymology: americano + American Gigolo (of Richard Gere fame)
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COMMENTS:
excelatte! - galwaywegian, 2007-09-19: 05:56:00
Well espressoed! Perhaps the barista just needed to get cafe au laid. - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-19: 11:31:00
too true - an extra fine grind might have bean just what the doctor ordered - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-19: 12:05:00
Looks like he has the makings of logogigolo! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-19: 17:45:00
Caf fine! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-19: 17:50:00
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Guiltsip
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: gilt-sip
Sentence: Sue was a caffiend on a major guiltsip when she was confronted by her friend after seen drinking what he referred to as crappuccino.
Etymology: guilt trip, sip
Delicheasting
Created by: Sarahbarah
Pronunciation: Deli-cheese-ting
Sentence: My mom was a Delicheeseting because she told her friend who worked at starbucks she would drink their coffee, but really she drank Bobs coffee.
Etymology: Deli-"Delight" joy, happyness chea- "cheat", "cheating" going against are behind someones back
Cappuccheato
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kap/oo/cheet/oh
Sentence: The extra two blocks to Star Bucks seemed difficult today for Mary, so she visited Second Cup. After the fist sip an overwhelming feeling of cappuccheato set in and she broke down and had to dispose of her 'fling coffee' in the nearest waste bin.
Etymology: cappuccino + cheat
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COMMENTS:
and the moral of this is 'never have your first cup at second cup' - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-19: 15:09:00
If Mary not careful, someone might call in the coppacheatoes! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-19: 17:43:00
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Cappucheater
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: cap-uh-chee-ter
Sentence: The cappucheater was never let into his favorite local coffee shop again when he was caught drinking Starbucks.
Etymology: cappuccino + cheater
Contrabranding
Created by: Kooldaddy
Pronunciation: con-tra-bran ding
Sentence: Jane was embarrassed when her favorite Barrista from Starbucks caught her contrabranding at Java Jones.
Etymology: brand betrayal, branding, out-branding, contrary branding, and contraband
Joelogoschmoe
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: joh-loh-goh-shmoh
Sentence: She had succumbed to joelogoschmoe behaviour so much so that she crept out the emergency exit which led her to the back alley where it smelled like rotting garbage, of course fell over a piece of rusty scrap metal and skinned her knee as she struggled to save her coffee and ended up in the hospital that evening to receive a tetanus shot.
Etymology: joe (slang for coffee)+ logo + schmoe (yiddish for stupid fool)
Straytron
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Strey-truhn
Sentence: Captain Felipe was having the best day of his life, booming his stereo while speeding up and down main street in his new Honda. Unfortunately it was right in front of his Mercury Sable dealer Stephan, he felt like such a straytron.
Etymology: Stray - Patron, sounds like patron
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
love the etymology
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