Word: complainer
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...ambivalence about youth culture as a marketing concept, as in "The Grungies," a sketch about a Seattle grunge band modeled on the prefab '60s act the Monkees. ("We're not trying to be friendly/We just want money and fame/We're the X Generation/We just like to complain.") Collecting all 13 episodes, including one never aired, the two-disc set reunites the original cast and writers to reminisce about the doomed effort. Says Garofalo of one inspiredly weird skit (The Bride of Frankenstein remade in the style of Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives): "Even as we were doing...
Whinge: To complain, incessantly. Can also be used as a noun, as in, she’s such a whinger...
...Medicare and Medicaid in the first Bush Administration. There's no reason to exempt seniors. The bill will set up a test program to have Medicare compete with private insurers in six metropolitan areas beginning in 2010. Republicans say seniors can opt to stay with Medicare, but Democrats complain that private firms will have the unfair advantage of a $12 billion subsidy and will be able to enroll healthier people, leaving Medicare stuck with the sicker and more expensive ones. They say that could drive up premium costs for people who remain in Medicare...
Beyond simply corralling large groups of students to complain about the campus without any resolution, Adams says she plans to have relevant administrators on hand to resolve specific problems...
...proposal to extend party hours listed several options for implementation that could minimize disturbance to Cambridge neighbors, who often complain about late-night noise...