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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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Convaldez
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: kon-vahl-dez
Sentence: Betsy was filled regret and convaldez when Juan caught her with Hunky Donut's Kona Blend instead of her usual Moondollar Columbian.
Etymology: con + Juan Valdez
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COMMENTS:
I bet she got an ass whipping - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-19: 15:11:00
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Cappuccheato
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kap/oo/cheet/oh
Sentence: The extra two blocks to Starbucks for her morning fix seemed a bit too difficult today for Jenny, 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 'lazy fling coffee' in the nearest waste bin.
Etymology: CAPPUCCHEATO - noun - from CAPPUCCINO + CHEAT
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COMMENTS:
I JUST CAME BACK TO POST THAT ONE! You verbhogomist you! ha...Ok, thinking cap must go back on... - lumina, 2008-08-21: 01:28:00
Good one. - Mustang, 2008-08-21: 07:50:00
Never trust coffee-drinker. nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-22: 05:07:00
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Betrade
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: exactly like betrayed
Sentence: Mac Iato was roasted for his betradal of his brother's coffee shop. Not only was he caught sipping in the shop over the road, he announced in the press that the grind of his job resulted in long black moods which were expressoed in bursts of short tamper and lattely he'd bean bitter about his decision to join the Cappuchins.
Etymology: betray + trade(as in trademark)
Venerationgap
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: venn err ay shun gap
Sentence: When Britney arrived at the pre-party cocktail thing wearing a Swatch with her valentino dress, she was quickly demoted to ex-soulmate.
Etymology: generation gap, veneration.
Dunkincover
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: dunk-in-cov-er
Sentence: Jenna used the dunkincover method of putting a wrapper around her coffee label so her friends wouldn't be able to tell she had switched to the less expensive brand. Unfortunately, they noticed and gave her funny looks all day. Now she she was forced to decide whether to give in to peer group pressure and drink the trendy stuff or continue saving money for her kidney transplant.
Etymology: Duck and Cover: a method of self-preservation during an attack or when everything comes down on you. Dunkin' Donuts: known for their coffee and the slogan "America runs on Dunkin" + Cover: to place something over to protect or conceal
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COMMENTS:
dunkeroo word! - Nosila, 2010-01-18: 23:08:00
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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
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
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
Labelshame
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: la"bel - sha*m
Sentence: Maxine tried to sneak past the mean girls outside of The Gap as she felt labelshamed with her Forever 21 bag:(
Etymology: label (an identifying brand) + shame (painful feeling having lost the respect of others
Brandereliction
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: bran-der-e-lik-shun
Sentence: "You would not believe the brandereliction I felt when I couldn't find my usual moisturizer."
Etymology: brand + dereliction
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
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