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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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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
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COMMENTS:
Oh The Gripes of Riffraff. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 09:37:00
Purple, that sounds like a sickening scene from the Rocky Horror Show - petaj, 2007-06-16: 01:42:00
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Kvetchtwentytwo
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: Kvech-twen-tee-too
Sentence: There was only one kvetch, and that was KvetchTwentyTwo. When Woesarrian started complaining about all the complaining going on, he realized that his liver was never going to heal.
Etymology: Kvetch (complain incessantly) + Catch22
Fussargy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fəsərjē
Sentence: In a case of fussargy Alan complained that somebody had left the Xerox machine void of paper despite the fact that a pack of paper is sitting on the shelf next the copier. At that point he returned to his office leaving it just the way he found it.
Etymology: fuss (show unnecessary or excessive concern about something) + lethargy (a lack of energy and enthusiasm)
Hearsaysis
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: heer-SAY-siss
Sentence: Everyone knew that the walls still contained the original asbestos, but nobody so much as called the Health Department -- it was Somebody Else's Problem to everyone in the company, and thus the matter remained in hearsaysis.
Etymology: Hearsay + stasis -- "hearsay" to imply a denigrating thing that is said, but inadmissable in any official capacity, and thus ultimately useless towards the cause.
Bitchenmoanonucleosis
Created by: AlexCityAL
Pronunciation: bitch and moan oh new clee oh sis
Sentence: All our boss did was whine to everyone about the problems with our team that it did not take a doctor to diagnose he had a bad case of bitchenmoanonucleosis.
Etymology:
Complian
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: com-PLY-an
Sentence: Roscoe would complian to anyone who would listen about how unfair it is that it now costs over $120 to fill the tank on his Hummer.
Etymology: Variant of COMPLAIN using the "I-A" vowel combination in COMPLIANT. To complain while being compliant = to complian
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COMMENTS:
Roscoe makes me SICK! He just sits around on his loathsome spotty behind, squeezing blackheads and using up precious petrol! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 17:43:00
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Groanertia
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: gro - nersha
Sentence: Jeremiah had to often listen to the groanertia around his office. He was tired of the same old complaints about things that anyone had the ability to remedy.
Etymology: groan, intertia
Blabstention
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: blabˈsten sh ən
Sentence: Maggy complained bitterly to anyone who would listen about the quality of the food in the company cafeteria. It was a true case of blabstention, saying much and doing nothing, when you considered that she was the food services manager.
Etymology: blab (reveal secrets by indiscreet talk) + abstention (the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something)
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
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COMMENTS:
That's snot Gracie, that's Ingracieous. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 09:32:00
Lord nose! - Clayton, 2007-06-15: 18:13:00
Snorting with laughter! This sentence could be the pick of the day! - petaj, 2007-06-15: 21:12:00
That'd be so upsniffting. - Clayton, 2007-06-15: 23:10:00
Love grows where my Rosemary goes And nobody nose like me (sung by Pinochio) - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-16: 00:10:00
Haha. There's no business like nose business. (Sung by a plastic surgeon.) - Clayton, 2007-06-16: 02:59:00
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Stagnitatious
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: stag/knee/ta/ious
Sentence: I can not count how many times a stagnitatious someone has stabbed me in the back;did I tell you about last night?
Etymology: stagnent/stuck, irritate/annoy, ious/pertaining to something = Stagnitatious
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COMMENTS:
nice word! adjective rather than verb though - AJR55, 2007-06-15: 12:06:00
keep them coming - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-16: 00:14:00
opps,sorry bout that and thanks - grasshopper, 2007-06-17: 22:08:00
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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
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James