Grouch, Oscar the

grouch

–verb (used without object)
1.
to be sulky or morose; show discontent; complain, esp. in an irritable way.
–noun
2.
a sulky, complaining, or morose person.
3.
a sulky, irritable, or morose mood.

I really like the word grouch, but I never use it. If I really loved it I would find ways to slip it into conversation. I tried to use it recently but it didn’t come out right and the conversation just turned to the Marx brothers.

I think grouch might be a bird as well. I hate birds.

grouch

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// ]]> [grouch] Show IPA

–verb (used without object)

1. to be sulky or morose; show discontent; complain, esp. in an irritable way.

–noun

2. a sulky, complaining, or morose person.
3. a sulky, irritable, or morose mood.

~ by danjhuffman on February 18, 2010.

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