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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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Annoyocity
Created by: flippinsweetswim
Pronunciation: an-oy-os-i-tee
Sentence: She just wont stop complaning! How Annoyocity
Etymology:
Bitchenmoanonucleosis
Created by: AlexCityAL
Pronunciation: bitch and moan oh new clee oh sis
Sentence: All our boss did was whine to everyone about the problems with our team that it did not take a doctor to diagnose he had a bad case of bitchenmoanonucleosis.
Etymology:
Whinals
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: whine-als
Sentence: Peg and Steve were habitchual whinals. At the end of every term they start to complain and carry on as if they didn't know there would be a final exam. If they had gone to class and studied instead of sitting around the cafeteria kvetching about their professors they wouldn't have to worry so much.
Etymology: whine:complain or protest in a childish fashion to + final: of or constituting the end result of a succession or process
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COMMENTS:
hopefully they'll flunk, then they will have something to whine about - Nosila, 2010-01-11: 23:39:00
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Stagnitatious
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: stag/knee/ta/ious
Sentence: I can not count how many times a stagnitatious someone has stabbed me in the back;did I tell you about last night?
Etymology: stagnent/stuck, irritate/annoy, ious/pertaining to something = Stagnitatious
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COMMENTS:
nice word! adjective rather than verb though - AJR55, 2007-06-15: 12:06:00
keep them coming - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-16: 00:14:00
opps,sorry bout that and thanks - grasshopper, 2007-06-17: 22:08:00
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Complaintamantics
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: com plaint ah man ticks
Sentence: All complainimatics aside, what should we do about the problem?
Etymology: complaint - gripes amantics - actions
Fussargy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fəsərjē
Sentence: In a case of fussargy Alan complained that somebody had left the Xerox machine void of paper despite the fact that a pack of paper is sitting on the shelf next the copier. At that point he returned to his office leaving it just the way he found it.
Etymology: fuss (show unnecessary or excessive concern about something) + lethargy (a lack of energy and enthusiasm)
Hypocrine
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: hyp-o-crine
Sentence: Maybe if you hypocrined less, you would be a more contributive member of this workforce.
Etymology: Hypocrite + whine
Statusquote
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: stat-us-KWOT
Sentence: The number of people who statusquote this place without citing their sources is remarkable.
Etymology: status quo -- (idiom, Latin) unchanging state of affairs; to quote -- to restate
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COMMENTS:
The etymology is difficult, because it becomes so circular one gets dizzy -- status = state, quote = restate, but quote comes from quo, I believe... AARG, the irony! - rephil, 2007-06-15: 10:13:00
I like your thinking on this one. - petaj, 2007-06-15: 21:15:00
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Boredowhine
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bor do whyne
Sentence: They called her Crackling Rosie, because she was the Whine Connoissuer in the office. She would complain about everything, even things she could fix herself. She was also the world's worst gossip. When she was boredowhine, she filled up her chats with actual and perceived items about her co-workers. She met her match though when Rhett Seena joined the staff. He was a way worse whiner and gossip than she. It especially hit her hard when he started inventing gossip about her. The boredowhine became a borderline and had to go off on stress leave.
Etymology: Bored (uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence) & o (short for of) & Whine (to complain in a paintive, whining way) & Play on Bordeaux Wine (any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them)
Longwhineded
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: long/wine/did
Sentence: The head trader was so longwhineded that the constant cacophony he created garnered him the distinction of being known as a whine expert.
Etymology: long winded (constant) + whine
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COMMENTS:
a real whinner! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-15: 07:46:00
'The long and whined road'.....sing along Purple! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-15: 08:17:00
That's it! I'm taking my words and going home... home, where my thought's escaping... Arrrgh!! I may have to commit songicide. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 08:37:00
Ya'll are just freaky funny! - grasshopper, 2007-06-15: 11:41:00
excellent! - AJR55, 2007-06-15: 12:08:00
Hey, you guys are doing songs now? What about "Red, Red Whine"? "I Walk the Whine"? "Whine in the Coconut"? "Tom's Whiner"? "Sweet Child O'Whine"? - Clayton, 2007-06-15: 19:46:00
He was a whine lover of long standing and had just been voted in as president of the whine appreciation club. His campaign was based on a platform of clarety of purpose and he won over the the members when he sangria non by Fleetwood Mac. He rosé to the occasion and showed his sparkling wit. It was an oakay performance. - petaj, 2007-06-15: 21:29:00
Jeremiah was a bull frog. Was a good friend of mine. Never understood a single word he said, but he always had some mighty fine whine - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-16: 00:02:00
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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