Verboticism: Freshbrood
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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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)
Crabbibeano
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: crab-bee-been-noh
Sentence: Xavier was a real crabbibeano, and he liked his coffee the way he saw the world -- hot, strong and bitter. But due to limited financial resources and his unlimited amount of time (he was going to be an artist), he would spend his entire day sulking in the corner nursing a single espresso until it was tepid, bland and empty -- like his imagination.
Etymology: crabby + bean + cappuccino
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COMMENTS:
Cute word and sentence! - Nosila, 2009-07-06: 10:10:00
clever...good word and sentence! - mweinmann, 2009-07-06: 12:08:00
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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)
Cafesneeria
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: kaf-ay-sneer-eeya
Sentence: Jan hated people, politicians, pets, TV, almost eveything in fact. In her own mind she was the most beautiful and gifted person on earth and it was about time someone came to her and offered her that dream job. Like all sufferers of cafesneeria, she was oblivious to her condition and its ability to divorce her from society and reality.
Etymology: cafeteria - coffee shop; sneer - scornful expression
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COMMENTS:
I think I know her. lol Very good verboticism - Mustang, 2008-05-16: 07:12:00
good one - petaj, 2008-05-17: 05:15:00
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Coppoutchino
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:
Good Blend...heady yet aromatic! - Nosila, 2009-07-06: 10:06:00
clever....ground, brood and enjoyed in a new blend of capuchino, cop out and pout...like it. - mweinmann, 2009-07-06: 12:07:00
Best word today! (Although I don\'t want to try this blend!) - splendiction, 2009-07-06: 12:34:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2009-07-07: 00:30:00
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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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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)
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)
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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