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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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Branditute
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Brand-it'ute
Sentence: Zoe felt sure that, by swapping the lables, she could effectively mask the branditution.
Etymology: Brand - a type of product made by a particular company. Substitute - to use something instead of another thing.
Cafflipflop
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KAFF-flip-flop
Sentence: After Bob's cafflipflop, all that was left for him was isolatte.
Etymology: Blend of CAFF as in Caffiene; FLIP-FLOP: change of mind, reversal, apostasy
Cappuccheato
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kap/oo/cheet/oh
Sentence: The extra two blocks to Star Bucks seemed difficult today for Mary, 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 'fling coffee' in the nearest waste bin.
Etymology: cappuccino + cheat
Disroyalty
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: dis-roy-el-tee
Sentence: It was a elite club with just two members--Amber and her co-worker Karen--who knew where to still find Tab and were willing to walk over to the convenience store in the lobby three buildings down to get it. But when Amber discovered that Diet Coke with Lime was an acceptable--and more readily available--substitute, her disroyalty so offended Karen that she couldn't even look Amber in the eye as she charged past her cube with her pink can of Tab in hand.
Etymology: It's a play on disloyalty, but also incorporates the idea of "dissing" the royalty that branded products get.
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COMMENTS:
Great word. Super usage, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:33:00
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Straytron
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Strey-truhn
Sentence: Captain Felipe was having the best day of his life, booming his stereo while speeding up and down main street in his new Honda. Unfortunately it was right in front of his Mercury Sable dealer Stephan, he felt like such a straytron.
Etymology: Stray - Patron, sounds like patron
Mochashame
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mok-a-shaym
Sentence: Sarah had been a member of the Barista club for the past eight years, so when she was caught by a fellow member drinking a cheap mocha coffee with extra chocolate she felt such mochashame she knew she would never be able to look him in the eye again without feeling guilty.
Etymology: Mocha(coffee, usually with added chocolate) ORIGIN named after a port on the Red Sea from where coffee was first shipped. + Shame(a feeling of awareness of wrong or foolish behaviour) = Mochashame
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COMMENTS:
Good'un...close relative of lattechagrin. - Mustang, 2008-08-21: 07:46:00
Another very good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-22: 05:07:00
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Starbuckle
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: stahr buk el
Sentence: She always proudly walked the extra five hundred metres to the indiecoffeeplace, but it was raining, her feet hurt and she starbuckled
Etymology: starbuck buckle
Brandslipsip
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: brand-slip-sip
Sentence: Bob was brandesultory: a new brand a day was his way. When drinking coffee it had to be a sneaky brandslipsip; for sunscreen a shifty brandslipslop. But during times of quiet reflection it was a brandslip-guilt-trip.
Etymology: "brand" & "slip" (to fall into mistake, error, to err, sin)& "sip."
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COMMENTS:
and sometimes, if he was indecisive, he did a brandslipflipflop - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-19: 15:08:00
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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
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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