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English

Etymology

Coined by Dean A. Grennell.

Verb

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  1. (deprecated template usage) (dated, fandom slang) To annoy; to irritate.
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  2. (deprecated template usage) (dated, fandom slang) To complain.
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      The Seagates are,despite my constant grotching about commodity drives, not bad.
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      The problem is that, much as we may sympathise with those coming in and expecting different rules of discourse than obtain here, we are not obligated to change *our* ways to suit *them*, and people who don't perceive that fact fairly quickly (or fail to "get" it after the first time it's pointed out) and continue to grotch about how "You kids are playing wrong -- play right!" are Fair Game for sardonic replies.