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- noun Plural form of
kvetcher .
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Examples
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But the main problem with the current narrative about Israel promoted by the numerous kvetchers is the underlying notion that Israeli policies are driven exclusively by security considerations and that in any case, Israeli policies are not responsible for Arab and Muslim hostility since that anti-Israeli position reflects the anti-Jewish and anti-Western sentiments shared by the elites and the publics in the Middle East.
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He devoted his latter years to do something to improve other people's lives and perhaps more kvetchers should learn how to button up and do something.
Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D.: Quit Kvetching and Do Something Ph.D. Harvey Gotliffe 2010
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Which is this: If all you proud parental kvetchers can just get over yourselves, you may find that both the Jonases and their concert movie are pretty good.
Chris Willman: Jonas Haters, You Have Nothing to Fear But JoBro-Phobia Itself 2009
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And for the record, I never thought Meg White's drumming was as bad as the kvetchers claimed.
Tony Sachs: Ten Records That Made This Cruddy Decade a Little More Bearable 2009
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Conservatives are either high-profile kvetchers or the silent majority.
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Although a writer may well have a legitimate grievance against her publisher or agent, a lot of the kvetching that takes place is really a slightly self-deprecating way of celebrating the fact that the kvetchers can make a living from writing.
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What the neo-con progress-mavens out there don't seem to get about anti-overdevelopment kvetchers like me is I'm not against development in New York City per se; I'm against the kind of development that is taking place.
What So Hard About Lintels? Brooks of Sheffield 2008
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Former Attorney General Paul Bardacke put it succinctly (and we hope the message is loud and clear to the dwindling number of Republican gripers and kvetchers about how much Bill Richardson was gone in the past year): within 4 days of his ending his Presidential campaign, he is back in Santa Fe with outstanding economic development news.
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And being a serious Sinatra collector myself I prefer to be called a completist, others prefer "nerd", I'm usually one of the louder voices in the chorus of kvetchers.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tony Sachs 2011
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And being a serious Sinatra collector myself I prefer to be called a completist, others prefer "nerd", I'm usually one of the louder voices in the chorus of kvetchers.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tony Sachs 2011
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