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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.
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Badvertise
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bad ver tyze
Sentence: Latte Kafeen swung by the local coffee bar on the way to work each morning for her usual double double decaf mocha machato frothy made with brown cane sugar and skim milk. It was tasty, but took about ten minutes to create by the time all the steaming and foaming and brewing was complete and cost eight bucks. One morning when running late and a bit broke, she opted for a plain small coffee ($1) at the local convenience store. Of course, that was when she ran smack into Christa the Barista from her usual java purveyor out on the street. Latte's feeble fumbling was a poor atttempt to hide the brand name on her cup and instead served to badvertise her guilt. She never returned to the fancy coffee bar after that, lest revenge was put upon her defection in the form of a foreign and icky substance in her cup.
Etymology: Bad (not good;keenly sorry or regretful;nonstandard) & Advertise (make publicity for;call attention to)
Genheretic
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: jen - hayr - eh - tik
Sentence: Lila felt like a genheretic as she sipped on her Sam's Club coffee disguised by one of the Starbuck's Cups that she had saved for just this occasion.
Etymology: generic, heretic (characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards)
Brewmorse
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: broo-mohrs
Sentence: He felt a twinge of brewmorse as he left the Starbuck's drive thru, as it had once been a local coffee shop.
Etymology: brew, remorse
Dislabelty
Created by: legalalien
Pronunciation: dis-LAY-bel-ty
Sentence: Jacob, who had an avowed policy of eschewing even benign local franchises with any more than two locations was quite embarassed to be espied by his friends sipping a Big Gulp (TM) and munching on Chicken McNuggets (TM).
Etymology: disloyalty + label
Messpresso
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: mess/presso
Sentence: Aria was so humiliated that she went ahead and banned herself from Le Cafe de Cafe. Having been spotted by "Lucky Pierre" the cafe's owner as she stood in line at Starbuck's...yeah, she was a real messpresso. She no longer felt worthy of his homemade croissants or his famous watered down Joe.
Etymology: mess esspresso
Cafeconlecher
Created by: audrey
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A cafeconlecher is a coffee whore; he french presses a sulawesi/kenya blend with one day and a Tim Horton's big one the next
Etymology: cafe con leche and lecher
Starfuckered
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Star-Fahq-Er-D
Sentence: You bitch! I can't believe you would walk into the office holding that shitty ass bean water! I'm so starfuckered, I'll never be able to enjoy foam with you, EVER again!
Etymology: Starbucks, and those little bastard/bitches who you know.
Foolgering
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: fool-ger-ing
Sentence: Starbucks manager Mac, found his supply of "Joya del Dia Blend"™ quite low, so he decided on a little foolgering to make the daily sales quota.
Etymology: fooling with folgers
Preferenslip
Created by: Jenna
Pronunciation: pref-er-ehn-slip
Sentence: Mary felt a wave of PREFERENSLIP when she was seen wearing Old Navy in The Gap.
Etymology: preference + slip
Meacuppa
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mee a kup pa
Sentence: Susan had to scurry past the window of her favourite coffee bar and not look in, because today she had grabbed a cup of rooibos tea from the tea shop on the corner. When she almost ran into the barista Jill who was coming down the street, she cried, "Meacuppa,Jill,someone bought me this, I just couldn't refuse...I'll be back at my usual time tomorrow!
Etymology: mea culpa (an acknowledgment of your error or guilt;remorse;apology for error) & Cup (a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle) & cuppa (British for a cup of tea, which cures everything and solves all the world's problems, at least on Coronation Street!)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent... - Mustang, 2008-08-21: 07:47:00
quite nice - Navalon, 2008-08-21: 22:32:00
I can feel litigation coming on. Good brew - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-22: 05:08:00
Cheers, You make me feel Joe-vial! - Nosila, 2008-08-23: 00:01:00
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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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