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queuesimmering

verb /kyoo-sim-er-ing/

The uniquely British act of seething with violent indignation while maintaining absolute silence and occasionally tutting.

“I was queue-simmering behind a bloke who jumped the line at the post office.”

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Language form
verb
Pronunciation
/kyoo-sim-er-ing/

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Life domain
People & society
More specifically
British problems

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