Gripenet
[IBM] A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM’s internal VNET system, deriving from its common use by IBMers to voice pointed criticism of IBM management that would be taboo in more formal channels.
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- Griper
[grahyp] /graɪp/ verb (used without object), griped, griping. 1. Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble. 2. to suffer pain in the bowels. 3. Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent. verb (used with object), griped, griping. 4. to seize and hold firmly; ; grasp; clutch. 5. […]
- Gripe session
noun phrase A conversation or discussion consisting primarily of complaints (1940s+)
- Gripesite
noun a website created to make consumers aware of deficient goods and services; also written gripe site Examples There is a farmers’ gripe site. Word Origin 2004 Usage Note computing
- Gripe site
noun See gripesite
- Gripe water
noun 1. (Brit) a solution given to infants to relieve colic