Verboticism: Pouterlimits
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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Pouterpoof
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: poutərpoŏf
Sentence: As a runway model Percy is always a candidate for American Idle. His employment is always at the whim of the current crop of hot designers. The glowerclass is not as popular as the perky boys just now. Percy has tried to break of his pouterpoof designation with little success. He attempted a smile last week and almost ended up in the hospital emergency room when nearly-atrophied facial muscles cramped.
Etymology: pouter (one who pushes one’s lips or one’s bottom lip forward as an expression of petulant annoyance or in order to make oneself look sexually attractive + poof (an effeminate man)
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)
Juanvaldesperado
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: wan/val/des/pur/ah/doh
Sentence: Juanvaldesperado is often seen hanging around coffee houses desperately seeking the one true beaning of life.
Etymology: Juan Valdez + desperado (Spanish for desperate)
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COMMENTS:
He's just trying to mocha difference...good word! - Nosila, 2008-05-16: 08:38:00
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Javaproblem
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ja va prob lem
Sentence: Sharon sat petulantly in her favourite coffee bar scowling as usual. She thought it made her look intellectual and intriguing... but to the other patrons, her body language said javaproblem?
Etymology: Java (coffee) & Problem (Issue) and Wordplay on "Do you have a problem?" (facetious question)
Coppoutcino
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cop/out/cheeno
Sentence: Sally believed in the philosophy of coppoutchino and regularly drowned her sorrows in a big cup of freshly brood coffee.
Etymology: cop out + pout + cappucino
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COMMENTS:
Like it, funny! - TJayzz, 2008-05-16: 11:52:00
rolls off the tongue - petaj, 2008-05-17: 05:15:00
Nice blend! - Tigger, 2008-05-17: 14:55:00
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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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Secmo
Created by: Kallystie
Pronunciation: sec-mo
Sentence: Maggie recently moved to Seattle for a job. After she moved to Seattle, she found out that her job was given to somebody more qualified. Day after day she sat at her local café, brooding over the lose of her job over a small Americano. One day she though to herself…I have become such a secmo. I should stop feeling sorry for myself and do something about it.
Etymology: Secmo is a combination of the words Seattle, café, and emotional.
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)
Perkolazer
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: purk - oo - laz - ur
Sentence: Romona turned into a perkolazer after she lost her job at Starbucks. Instead of looking for another job, she brings her books and laptop into Starbucks each morning and sits there sipping cafe lates, wishing they would hire her back.
Etymology: perk (short for perkolate (a process used to make coffee), perkolator (a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans) laze (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)
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COMMENTS:
She\'s just brewding! Good word. - Nosila, 2009-07-06: 10:05:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-06: 13:24:00
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Socialgripe
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: so shall gripe
Sentence: Akin to the socialite is the socialgripe, with no hobbies or job prospects, but plenty of serious interests in society’s problems. Sour socialgripes congregate in neighbourhood cafes to share stories of social injustices. Many socialgripes have geniune concerns, but lack resources to remedy them.
Etymology: From: socialite and gripe.
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