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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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Kvetchtwentytwo
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: Kvech-twen-tee-too
Sentence: There was only one kvetch, and that was KvetchTwentyTwo. When Woesarrian started complaining about all the complaining going on, he realized that his liver was never going to heal.
Etymology: Kvetch (complain incessantly) + Catch22
Complaze
Created by: Susiestar
Pronunciation: Com-pl-aze (as in days)
Sentence: You always complaze about things. Why don't you do something about them?
Etymology: Comp - from complain laze - from the verb "to laze"
Carpathetic
Created by: LunaC
Pronunciation: car-pa-thet-tick
Sentence: George carpatheticizes about work, yet refuses to even consider looking for a new job.
Etymology: carp; apathetic
Gripesence
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: grahyp/es/uhnt
Sentence: Every office has two, or three incessant bitchers (women) and bastarders (men) who complain about every detail and do nothing about it except be bitchers and bastarders. This evil underlying gripesence is the single most distructive force in the workplace.
Etymology: gripe + quiescence
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COMMENTS:
Oh The Gripes of Riffraff. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 09:37:00
Purple, that sounds like a sickening scene from the Rocky Horror Show - petaj, 2007-06-16: 01:42:00
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Gripescence
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: grahyp/es/ents
Sentence: Every office has two, or three incessant bitchers (women) and bastarders (men) who complain about every detail and do nothing about it except be bitchers and bastarders about anything and everything. This evil underlying gripescence is the single most distructive force in the workplace.
Etymology: GRIPESCENCE - noun - from GRIPE (complain constantly; grumble) + QUIESCENCE (being at rest; still; inactive, or motionless)
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COMMENTS:
Amen, Brother! It's usually perceived that the women at work bitch, but the men provide valuable work-related feedback!!! - Nosila, 2008-08-08: 00:40:00
I like it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-09: 18:41:00
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Comstain
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: com - stain
Sentence: Rather than fix the windshield, Peter felt like the spidered glass added a great comstain ice breaker during his car pooling trips.
Etymology: Complain - Sustain (sounds offensive but not intended)
Hypofiticism
Created by: loribethinbaltimore
Pronunciation: [hip-oh-fit-a-sizz-um]
Sentence: "Dear Celebrities, I'm sick of the HYPOFITICISM! Just quit having bad relations in public, and we'll will quit with the bad public relations!"
Etymology: Hypocriticism + Having a Fit = Hypofiticism
Gripertia
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: gry-per-sha
Sentence: I started my new job hoping to help bring real change and fix real problems, instead all I found was gripertia.
Etymology: gripe + inertia
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
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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Robert J. Sawyer, winner of Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel, will be our featured author at Verbotomy next week. See Get a Science-Fiction Verbotomy from Robert J. Sawyer. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James