Verboticism: Freshbroodcoffheshee
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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Joebegone
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: joh-bi-gawn
Sentence: Another sad day for Janice. It's all she could do to get her jobegone self out of the house to share a good glower with folks at the coffee shop.
Etymology: joe (coffee) + woebegone (sorrowful or sad in appearance)
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
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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Isolatte
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: AHY-suh-lah-tey
Sentence: Roxie was an isolatte with a flat, black mindset.
Etymology: ISOLATTE: blend of isolate and latte. ALOOFEE: aloof and coffee
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COMMENTS:
fantastic!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-16: 10:10:00
She should really stop brewding. Great word! - Tigger, 2008-05-17: 15:05:00
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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)
Espressonated
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: es-pres-so-na-ted
Sentence: Mary is the most espressonated person I know. She can spend a whole day sitting at Starbucks drinking coffee and kvetching.
Etymology: espresso: a strong coffee brewed by forcing steam through finely ground coffee beans + expression: an outward manifistation of mood or disposition + opinionated: holding stubbornly to one's opinions; dogmatic
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
Staryucks
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: starr yeukks
Sentence: the staryucks always take the best seats in the cafe and the solitary readers always take the largest table.
Etymology: starbucks yuck
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COMMENTS:
Just like people on airplanes who grab the window seats and then either read all the way there or worst stil, draw the blinds so no one can see where they are going...don't get me started! - Nosila, 2010-07-16: 23:00:00
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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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