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To grouse, grumble, or complain. Obsolete (the word, not the activity).
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# [[Fanspeak]] for ''kvetch'': To grouse, grumble, or complain.  
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# To seriously annoy, or irritate. To be grotched is to be acutely irritated.  
  
 
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([[Grennell]]) Acutely irritate. Usually passive. [[Speer]] suggests that this useful word is a transitive form of grouch.  
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([[Dean Grennell|Grennell]]) Acutely irritate. Usually passive. [[Jack Speer|Speer]] suggests that this useful word is a transitive form of grouch.  
 
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See also: [[Uffish]].
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Latest revision as of 07:16, 14 August 2023

  1. Fanspeak for kvetch: To grouse, grumble, or complain.
  2. To seriously annoy, or irritate. To be grotched is to be acutely irritated.
From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
(Grennell) Acutely irritate. Usually passive. Speer suggests that this useful word is a transitive form of grouch.

See also: Uffish.


Fanspeak 1950s
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