Insulting someone after they turn down your advances; invariably a sign of fragility and rage. Infinitive form: "to sourgrape."

The word is derived from Aesop: "Driven by hunger, a fox tried to reach some grapes hanging high on the vine but was unable to, though he leaped with all his strength. As he went away, the fox remarked 'Oh you aren't even ripe yet! I don't need any sour grapes.'"

A cultural and aesthetic mind-state that prioritizes making money, even as an “underground” or “radical” creator. The work isn’t made for money, but it’s the money that matters the most.

the act of scornful denial that something is attractive or desirable because it is unobtainable