the act of venting or criticising something with no intent to serve any improvement of the thing criticised.
Jim goes in to Don's office, complaining about someone or something.
Don is trying to decide whether he's supposed tocommiserate or start knocking heads.
Don asked, "is this a problem you want fixed, or just idle bitching?"
Deliberately or subconsciously offending others, botching prospectiverelationships or otherwise disseminating negative personality traits as a pastime. People botching ranges from the careless (distasteful jokes, obscure references etc), to extensively premeditated offenses such as unattractive beards, conspicuous weight gain or relentless pun creation.