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Complainiment 

-noun

Compliments disguised as complaints, usually (if not always) in regard to oneself.
Speaker 1: "I can't stand these size two jeans. There's nothing in my closet that seems to match."

Speaker 2: "Enough with the complainiments already, Speaker 1!"
Complainiment by Westywordz March 11, 2011

Complainception 

Hannah: You have plenty of complaining to make up but I don't know if I can handle it

Jono: Are you complaining about my complaining?

Hannah: Complainception
Complainception by Jack Package November 17, 2014

complainment 

When you mention that a person's inherently good trait annoys you.

Usually, the trait is a characteristic you wish you had.
Katie: Tom, in the 5 years I've known you, you have never had a lazy morning, you literally spring up out of bed and start working on the house or whatever needs to be done.

Tom: I hope that's a compliment

Katie: well, it's more of complainment. Sometimes I wish you would just be lazy like the rest of us. Why do you have to be all rammy all the time? I mean, really, it's annoying as fuck

Tom: don't dis, you're just jealous.
complainment by ellare August 28, 2010

Complainstorming 

When creative professionals gather under the auspice of generating ideas, but really intend to bitch and moan about their jobs/workplaces/projects/colleagues.
"We had a lunch meeting. It started out as a great ideation session but devolved into complainstorming."
Complainstorming by ebethleo December 15, 2011

complainstorming 

Like brainstorming, except you list complaints about something, and then list the opposite of each complaint. Makes use of people's natural tendency to complain in a constructive way, in that you end up with a more complete picture of what you do want.
We tried brainstorming a solution to scheduling during holidays but only came up with the same old same old. So we switched to complainstorming, and came up with a dozen really good solutions.
complainstorming by already there November 20, 2015

Complainication 

The act of communicating entirely through complaint.
After 40 years of marriage, my spouse and I had developed a cold, yet effective form of complainication.
Complainication by zharzhay May 28, 2024