whinge

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Let me guess, you're British (to whinge is a particularly British idiom).

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  1. intransitive verb Chiefly British To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

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  • Let me guess, you're British (to whinge is a particularly British idiom). —  Clipmarks | Live Clips
  • I'm not normally one to whinge, and I'm actually one of the people that likes Steam BUT the fact I have a boxed copy and when I went to install it it tried to do so by downloading from Steam is utterly stupid. —  Eurogamer
  • That figure represented a 30\% increase over the previous three months, when Telstra got by with just 14,014 complaints - or just one narky customer calling up for a whinge every ten minutes. —  APC
  • My goldfish can see the hole in your argument / whinge / diatribe. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • Complain and whinge and perform you do so well but to actually do something constructive well that is never ever seen ...... —  Zimbabwe Telegraph and ZimDaily Forums
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  1. Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian.

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  1. Scots also wheenge, formerly quhynge, whine; cf. Old High German winsōn, Middle High German winsen, mourn, German winseln, whine, whimper: with orig. verb-formative -s, from the root of whine.
 

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