The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers
whinge
verb: someone does something (see more)
For some time, someone (e.g. Ken) was saying something like this “Something bad is happening to me.”
Ken was saying it like people say things when they want to say something like this “Something bad is happening to me. I feel something bad because of this. I can’t do anything. I want someone to know this. I want someone to do something because of this. I think no one wants to do anything. I want to say this many times because of this.”
People think it is bad if someone does this often.
"I know I whinge too much. Thanks for listening to me."
"Val, stop whingeing. You need to come up with a plan and just do it."
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