Word: whining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aviation headset, made by Bose, a Framingham, Mass., manufacturer of hi-fi speakers, is one of the latest applications of antinoise, a surprising new technology that is changing the way people block unwanted sounds -- from the whine of electrical transformers to the rumble of internal- combustion engines -- while leaving human voices, alarm bells and other useful sounds untouched. The technology should have many uses: the American Medical Association estimates that more than 9 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job. In some professions -- notably mining, shipbuilding, food processing and printing -- it is not unusual...
...spasms, trembling and muscular rigidity, they resist cuddling by arching their backs, an early sign of what some studies suggest may be lasting neurological and emotional disorders. In pediatric intensive-care units around the country, they fill the night air with their inconsolable "cat cries," a distinctive high-pitched whine that conveys who knows what inexpressible misery...
...nothing will change, not with all the moola being thrown around. Next year, players will still whine about clicking, cameras. Sappy fans will still refer to the players by their first names. Waitresses will still sell me iced tea for two dollars, telling me that it's "splendid," but not that it's mostly ice. Agassi will still throw his sweaty shirt into the stands when he wins. The airplanes will still roar overhead. The best tennis in the United States will still be played. And once again, only the well-connected will get tickets...
...many still professed to find something unfeminine in getting into shape and wanting to win, has helped legitimize running and sweating as suitable activities for two generations of women. Moralists hail her sportsmanship. In victory, Evert is exultant but not arrogant. In defeat, she congratulates opponents; she does not whine about maladies and misfortune. She has delighted feminists by regarding herself as a career woman and traditionalists by caring so openly about marriage and future babies...
...Christian Slater, handsomely imitating Jack Nicholson's silky menace). Veronica may want to get back at one of the nasty Heathers by dropping a phlegm glob in her morning coffee, but J.D. has bigger plans. Soon this Heather is dead, though she does reappear in a dream to whine that "my afterlife is so boring! If I have to sing Kum Ba Yah one more time . . ." Then J.D. dispatches two boorish jocks who bugged Veronica. No loss, he shrugs: "Football season is over. Kurt and Ram had nothing to offer the school but date rape and AIDS jokes...