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DEFINITION: n. A person who regularly sulks inside cafes and coffeehouses all day, contributing nothing more to their world than a pout. v. To glower angrily at the state of world affairs while remaining inactive and unemployed.
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Freshbrood
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fresh brood
Sentence: Mona sat in the coffeehouse in full freshbrood mode. Her problems were much more important than those of the rest of the world. If your life is so bad, Mona, how is it you can afford a specialty coffee every morning at $10 a pop???
Etymology: Fresh brewed (drink made by steeping and boiling,so as to extract the flavor, fresh means just recently brewed to optimize impact,aroma and flavour) & Brood (to pout,be sullen,moody, anxious)
Caffunk
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: cah-funk
Sentence: As she sat in a dim corner of the cafe Eleanor pondered her unemployment and no one dared interrupt her since she was in one of her notorious caffunks.
Etymology: caffine+funk(bad mood)
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COMMENTS:
love it. - mweinmann, 2009-07-07: 00:26:00
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Borista
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bow rista
Sentence: Java Lyn was such a borista, rambling on without getting to the point.
Etymology: barrista, bore
Grumpause
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: grum pawz
Sentence: They are in there every morning like clockwork. Nursing one coffee for 2-3 hours every day. In fast food places, coffeehouses and other places with free refills and free bathrooms. The Grumpause. They complain about everything...the weather, politics, doctors, kids today and how they don't build things like they used to. They complain about the cost of everything and sort out the world's problems without actually doing anything. The next day, they start all over again...they've told so many stories so often, they can't remember. They are retired...they put in more time here than they did at their jobs. They mainly do this as an S.O.A...Spousal Avoidance Opportunity!
Etymology: Grump (a bad-tempered person) & Pause (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something) & Grandpas (the fathers of your father and mother)
Espressionado
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: es - press - yan - AH - do
Sentence: Definitely a cup 'half empty' pessimist, Shandra had become a devout espressionado...whiling away the days in her favorite coffee house, sipping espresso and griping and grumbling endlessly about politics, the econonomy, and people in general.
Etymology: Blend of 'espresso' (a concentrated beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans) and 'aficionado' (An enthusiastic admirer or follower; a fan)
Stewbucks
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: stu-bucks
Sentence: Sara spent her days and unemployment cash brooding at Stewbucks after losing her job as a cashier at Wal-Mart for not welcoming people. "Being a cashier is too hard," she thought, "because they want you to be cheerful all the time."
Etymology: stew: be in a huff, sullen, resentful + starbucks: well-known chain of coffeehouses
Espressionado
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: es - press - yan - AH - do
Sentence: Definitely a cup 'half empty' pessimist, Maybellene had become a devout espressionado...whiling away the days in her favorite coffee house, sipping espresso and griping and grumbling endlessly about politics, the econonomy, and people in general.
Etymology: blend of espresso and aficionado.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent - Rutilus, 2008-05-16: 11:11:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-16: 10:14:00
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Coffeegrouse
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kôfēgrous
Sentence: Ruby spends much of her day in the local coffee shop. While the waitress pours her java, she pours out her displeasure with the state of her life. Her grumbling has earned her the title of coffeegrouse.
Etymology: coffee (a drink made from the roasted and ground bean-like seeds of a tropical shrub) + grouse (complain pettily; grumble) play on coffeehouse
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by scissorlips. Thank you scissorlips. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by scissorlips. Thank you scissorlips. ~ James
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