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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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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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Inirktion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: in-urk-shun
Sentence: The gals in the office belonged to the PissandMonaLisa Club - they all complained about the leaky faucet, but being prima donnas, felt it was someone else's job to report it. It was no big surprise when their inirktion turned the first floor into the new company swimming pool.
Etymology: inaction, irk
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COMMENTS:
bad case of inerktia i'd say - galwaywegian, 2007-06-15: 05:57:00
It's words like these that help me find my inirk child. - Clayton, 2007-06-15: 07:58:00
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Rewhined
Created by: surdut
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her friends tired of her rewhining about her boyfriend, so they sent her to a shrink in hopes that she would move forward.
Etymology:
Whinewaiter
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: whyne way ter
Sentence: Julie and Manfred were the ultimate whinewaiters. They would complain about everything and wait to see if anyone else would fix it. It got so that everyone else avoided them because they hated the constant grousing. Finally, the pair had to admit that there was little to complain about, as no one came near them... poor dears, call a WAMbulance!
Etymology: Whine (moan, complain in a plaintive manner) & Waiter (someone who bides their time until the right moment) & Wordplay on Wine Waiter (a sommelier in a restaurant who helps you select the perfect plonk to wash down your dinner)
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
Grouchpotato
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: grouch-po-ta-toe
Sentence: David was a grouchpotato. He constantly complained but took no action and wound up with "secretary spread" on his hips.
Etymology: couch potato/grouch
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COMMENTS:
His name was David, but everyone called him "Chip". - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 09:38:00
Everyone wanted to sMASH him, PEEL strips off him. - petaj, 2007-06-15: 21:20:00
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Deridleness
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: di-RAHYD-l-nis
Sentence: Gracie's incessant deridling was symptomatic of her untenable hypocrisycophancy. She was even heard complaining to the boss about the tissues in her own wastebasket.
Etymology: deride + idleness
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COMMENTS:
That's snot Gracie, that's Ingracieous. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-15: 09:32:00
Lord nose! - Clayton, 2007-06-15: 18:13:00
Snorting with laughter! This sentence could be the pick of the day! - petaj, 2007-06-15: 21:12:00
That'd be so upsniffting. - Clayton, 2007-06-15: 23:10:00
Love grows where my Rosemary goes And nobody nose like me (sung by Pinochio) - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-16: 00:10:00
Haha. There's no business like nose business. (Sung by a plastic surgeon.) - Clayton, 2007-06-16: 02:59:00
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Gripethetic
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: gryp-eh-THET-ic
Sentence: Winston is absolutely and hopelessly gripethetic; he constantly yammers about issues and conditions that he thinks are wrong but when it comes to making any effort to change them he remains silent.
Etymology: Blend of 'gripe' (v. to complain with grumbling ) and 'pathetic' (adj. pitifully inferior or inadequate)
Whinecrastinate
Created by: airliebee
Pronunciation: whyne-cras-tuh-nayt
Sentence: "Jodie spends more time whinecrastinating about her fat butt than she does exercising. If she worked her body out as much as she works her jaw out, she'd be a size six too!" "Barry is the biggest whinecrastinator on the planet. He was telling me how frustrating it is that his desk is messy. Well, it's his own fault, isn't it! Why didn't he just clean it up instead of wasting his breath telling me about it? I have actual work to do!" "Thomas, your whinecrastination is beyond belief! Ever heard of Nike? Just do it, man!"
Etymology: whine - to make a complaining cry or sound + crastinate, from procrastinate - to delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
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