Grotch

1. Fanspeak for kvetch: To grouse, grumble, or complain.
2. To seriously annoy, or irritate. To be grotched is to be acutely irritated.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

(Grennell) Acutely irritate. Usually passive. Speer suggests that this useful word is a transitive form of grouch.

See also: Uffish.

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Fanspeak

1950s—

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