kvetch
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“They signed on to extensive letters and virtue-signaling criticism. They held ‘unhappy hours’ at the building where most of them worked, to kvetch about the changes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
“People, and particularly women, tend to kvetch and converse and complain about what offends them, and then they vote according to what affects them,” she said.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024
Resorting to his accustomed modesty, Mr. Kitman, tongue planted firmly in cheek, also soliloquized on his bona fides as a constructive critic rather than a chronic kvetch.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
It’s easy to kvetch about wearing long underwear to watch Little League games or donning a down jacket to work in the garden.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2022
“This Sarah Ross. I like her stories. She likes to kvetch without complaining too much.”
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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