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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.
Verboticisms
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Longwhineded
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: long/wine/did
Sentence: The head trader was so longwhineded that the constant cacophony he created garnered him the distinction of being known as a whine expert.
Etymology: long winded (constant) + whine
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COMMENTS:
Sometimes i wish I could "trade heads"... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 17:40:00
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Rewhined
Created by: surdut
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her friends tired of her rewhining about her boyfriend, so they sent her to a shrink in hopes that she would move forward.
Etymology:
Complyning
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: cum-pline-ing (Crikey! this word sounds Australian.)
Sentence: Mabel claims to despise all their whining but I know she's over there complyning.
Etymology: complying + complaining
Gripeaholic
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: gri - p - ah - haul - ik
Sentence: Sonora was a gripeaholic and she knew it. She could not stop complaining and her addiction had grown worse. She started a GA group (gripeaholic's anonymous) for people who wanted to stop. Problem was, their meetings turned into "gripefests" and nothing was ever accomplished.
Etymology: Gripe (complain) + alcholic (someone who is addicted to alcohol)
Complaze
Created by: Susiestar
Pronunciation: Com-pl-aze (as in days)
Sentence: You always complaze about things. Why don't you do something about them?
Etymology: Comp - from complain laze - from the verb "to laze"
Statusquote
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: stat-us-KWOT
Sentence: The number of people who statusquote this place without citing their sources is remarkable.
Etymology: status quo -- (idiom, Latin) unchanging state of affairs; to quote -- to restate
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COMMENTS:
The etymology is difficult, because it becomes so circular one gets dizzy -- status = state, quote = restate, but quote comes from quo, I believe... AARG, the irony! - rephil, 2007-06-15: 10:13:00
I like your thinking on this one. - petaj, 2007-06-15: 21:15:00
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Longwhineded
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: long/wine/did
Sentence: The head trader was so longwhineded that the constant cacophony he created garnered him the distinction of being known as a whine expert.
Etymology: long winded (constant) + whine
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COMMENTS:
a real whinner! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-15: 07:46:00
'The long and whined road'.....sing along Purple! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-15: 08:17:00
That's it! I'm taking my words and going home... home, where my thought's escaping... Arrrgh!! I may have to commit songicide. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 08:37:00
Ya'll are just freaky funny! - grasshopper, 2007-06-15: 11:41:00
excellent! - AJR55, 2007-06-15: 12:08:00
Hey, you guys are doing songs now? What about "Red, Red Whine"? "I Walk the Whine"? "Whine in the Coconut"? "Tom's Whiner"? "Sweet Child O'Whine"? - Clayton, 2007-06-15: 19:46:00
He was a whine lover of long standing and had just been voted in as president of the whine appreciation club. His campaign was based on a platform of clarety of purpose and he won over the the members when he sangria non by Fleetwood Mac. He rosé to the occasion and showed his sparkling wit. It was an oakay performance. - petaj, 2007-06-15: 21:29:00
Jeremiah was a bull frog. Was a good friend of mine. Never understood a single word he said, but he always had some mighty fine whine - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-16: 00:02:00
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Dramascret
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Dro-ma-scret
Sentence: Shelia whispered a "dramascret" to me and made me promise not to tell anyone. She was so dramatic that I thought to myself...hmmmm, OH! I must know more of her secret gossip. She always does this expecting different results. If she only would keep her dramascret's to herself,he thought,then he wouldn't be wasting his coffee break on such drivel.
Etymology: Dramatic and secret gossip
Ennuwaaah
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: ahn WAAA
Sentence: Moana suffered from ennuwaaah - she liked to complain about little problems all day long but she never had the energy to work on solving any of them. At least she liked variety - she alternated between grouse, beef, and carp with her whine.
Etymology: ennui + "Waaah"
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COMMENTS:
waaanderful - Nosila, 2010-01-11: 23:36:00
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Supwhine
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: SUP-wine
Sentence: Why fix a problem when you can supwhine about it?
Etymology: Supine (failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness) + whine (a feeble or petulant complaint)
Comments:
Still bothered by office politics? Well, as Timothy Johnson advises in GUST, it's time quit complaining and take action, or at least, it's time to make up a new word about complaining... Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram and Timothy! ~ James
Weeklink Writes Again! Read Top Four Battle for Supreme Verbosity in Verbotoweek.
Robert J. Sawyer, winner of Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel, will be our featured author at Verbotomy next week. See Get a Science-Fiction Verbotomy from Robert J. Sawyer. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James