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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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Fussloth
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: fuhs-sloth
Sentence: She's such a fussloth. She complains about workplace obscenity just to score with the boss while wearing that thong and miniskirt to work.
Etymology: fuss [complain] + sloth [a lazy person] + slut [I just felt like it was an important part of the etymology] :D
Carpidle
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KAHR- plydl
Sentence: Bob carpidled about everything, going through life without ever once demanding to see the manager.
Etymology: CARP: to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil; IDLE: to pass time doing nothing.
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COMMENTS:
Crazy Carpidleing is despicable. I love the word. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:21:00
Sure cant complain about a word like that. - Mustang, 2008-08-08: 07:41:00
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Annoyocity
Created by: flippinsweetswim
Pronunciation: an-oy-os-i-tee
Sentence: She just wont stop complaning! How Annoyocity
Etymology:
Swaitandbitch
Created by: jimmmm
Pronunciation: swait-and-bitch
Sentence: Rather than cancel his subscription to the ever-shrinking newspaper, the customer chose to 's'wait-and-bitch.
Etymology: proper spelling is 's'wait-and-bitch; from combining form 's' of "just" + wait + and + bitch
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COMMENTS:
Yo ! GOOD one! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 17:44:00
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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
Growlapath
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gr-owl-ah-path
Sentence: Being a growlapath was a self-fulfilling prophecy for petty Myrtle. Shooting herself in the foot was a daily exercise.
Etymology: growl (gripe) + apath (as in pathological) and (as in apathy)
Aggrivshun
Created by: keeno82uk
Pronunciation: Ag-reev-shun
Sentence: Paula suffered from Aggrivshun, so much so that the gossip in the workplace was left to fester until aggrivshun had to take a backseat and the problem solved.
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Supwhine
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: SUP-wine
Sentence: Why fix a problem when you can supwhine about it?
Etymology: Supine (failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness) + whine (a feeble or petulant complaint)
Enpulverag
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: enn-PUHL-vurr-AG
Sentence: The perp will remain brainless, but we all know who we're referring to. Her simpering tirade of vapid complaints made work enendurable for anyone unfortunate enough to be shackled to a work station. She would ENPULVERAG all day long, and her juggernaut of semi-valid outrage would begin even before arriving in your zone of control... Her most frequent ENPULVERAGS included, but were not limited to: Cafeteria food is substandard (ptomaine) This is a sick building (my allergies) Other people make personal phone calls (lack of a personal life) My monitor is emitting radiation (OSHA) They didn't put that job opening in the newspaper (EOE) You got a raise before I did and I've been here 25 years (union rep) Although you knew her ENPULVERAG was coming as sure as an incremental raise, nothing known to man could delay or dodge it.
Etymology: ENsign PULVER: Classic role played by Jack Lemmon in movie "Mister Roberts" + RAG: to complain ineffectually ad nauseum = ENPULVERAG
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COMMENTS:
IMDB.com - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:06:00
I wish I was empowered to issue a Unit Citation to all Verbotomists for creativity above and beyond the call of duty. I was sorely in need of vast quantities of theraputic guffaws and believable bellylaughs, and you didn't let me down. AMAZING. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:30:00
HOLD THE PRESSES ! CORRECTION ! The movie was "Mister Roberts" but the role of Ensign Pulver WAS Jack Lemmon.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048380/
Resume Verbotomizing. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 09:08:00
Dear Metrohumanx: Love your word but more importantly love your story (who cannot relate??) and MOST of all love the support and encouragement you give us all. Today is Olympic Opening Day and you deserve a Gold Medal in group hugs!! Bigger, Faster and Stronger ...or was that what the Nun said to the Bishop??? Anyway, keep doin' what you're doin'! Cheers! - Nosila, 2008-08-08: 22:42:00
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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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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
Weeklink Writes Again! Read Top Four Battle for Supreme Verbosity in Verbotoweek.
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