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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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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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Culpalabelity
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kulpa lay bel itee
Sentence: Saundra was jeanetically challenged. She loved her old Levi's, but of late found them more expensive, the right fits harder to find and the brand carried less design variety for a fashionista like her. She had guiltily bought a marvy pair of new jeans with rhinestones and embroidery adorning them at a discount store. So what if they would only last through a few washes before they shredded. With a fearsome culpalabelity, she wore them to work one day. Her eagle-eyed manager spotted the new jeans right away. He shouted, "Saundra you can only come waltzing into this Levi's store if it is by Stauss!"
Etymology: Culpability (a state of guilt) & Label (brand;trade name;an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)
Cappucheater
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: cap-uh-chee-ter
Sentence: The cappucheater was never let into his favorite local coffee shop again when he was caught drinking Starbucks.
Etymology: cappuccino + cheater
Guiltsip
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: gilt-sip
Sentence: Sue was a caffiend on a major guiltsip when she was confronted by her friend after seen drinking what he referred to as crappuccino.
Etymology: guilt trip, sip
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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Timwhoretons
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: tim/hor/tons
Sentence: Any Canadian who gets coffee at any other franchise feels like a timwhoreton.
Etymology: Tim Hortons + whore
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COMMENTS:
You must have caught me timwhoretoning at Star Bucks. Great word!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-09-20: 12:02:00
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Joelogoschmoe
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: joh-loh-goh-shmoh
Sentence: She had succumbed to joelogoschmoe behaviour so much so that she crept out the emergency exit which led her to the back alley where it smelled like rotting garbage, of course fell over a piece of rusty scrap metal and skinned her knee as she struggled to save her coffee and ended up in the hospital that evening to receive a tetanus shot.
Etymology: joe (slang for coffee)+ logo + schmoe (yiddish for stupid fool)
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
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
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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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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