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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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Hypofiticism
Created by: loribethinbaltimore
Pronunciation: [hip-oh-fit-a-sizz-um]
Sentence: "Dear Celebrities, I'm sick of the HYPOFITICISM! Just quit having bad relations in public, and we'll will quit with the bad public relations!"
Etymology: Hypocriticism + Having a Fit = Hypofiticism
Gripertia
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: gry-per-sha
Sentence: I started my new job hoping to help bring real change and fix real problems, instead all I found was gripertia.
Etymology: gripe + inertia
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:
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)
Swaitandbitch
Created by: jimmmm
Pronunciation: swait-and-bitch
Sentence: Rather than cancel his subscription to the ever-shrinking newspaper, the customer chose to 's'wait-and-bitch.
Etymology: proper spelling is 's'wait-and-bitch; from combining form 's' of "just" + wait + and + bitch
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COMMENTS:
Yo ! GOOD one! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 17:44:00
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Whinecrastinate
Created by: airliebee
Pronunciation: whyne-cras-tuh-nayt
Sentence: "Jodie spends more time whinecrastinating about her fat butt than she does exercising. If she worked her body out as much as she works her jaw out, she'd be a size six too!" "Barry is the biggest whinecrastinator on the planet. He was telling me how frustrating it is that his desk is messy. Well, it's his own fault, isn't it! Why didn't he just clean it up instead of wasting his breath telling me about it? I have actual work to do!" "Thomas, your whinecrastination is beyond belief! Ever heard of Nike? Just do it, man!"
Etymology: whine - to make a complaining cry or sound + crastinate, from procrastinate - to delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
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"
Carpathetic
Created by: LunaC
Pronunciation: car-pa-thet-tick
Sentence: George carpatheticizes about work, yet refuses to even consider looking for a new job.
Etymology: carp; apathetic
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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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