complain king

From complain + king, with ironic intent.

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /kɒmpleɪn kɪŋ/
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpleɪn kɪŋ/

complain king (plural complain kings)

1. (Singapore, colloquial) A dissatisfied male who always grumbles or rants, and reports on others’ faults usually to someone in authority or the media, with or without ill intentions.
   • 2015 August 9, “Complain Kings – Icons of SG”, in SG50‎, retrieved 23 October 2017:

     These days, local online portals have become complaint hotspots that aggregate the ‘word on the street’, from the mouths of Complain kings and queens themselves.

   • 2015 October 7, Joan C. Guyll, “Stories SG50 Icons of Singapore #37 – Complain King (Singapore)”, in Sg Overseas Singaporean Unit‎, retrieved 23 October 2017:

     Social conditioning being what it was, it wasn’t surprising that I also grew up as a complain king too.... However, we mustn’t join the complain kings…so what makes the Swiss so happy? They pay taxes, they have immigrant problems too.

   • 2004 May 29, “'Are you a Complain King/Queen? – SgForums.com (Singapore)”, in SGFORUMS‎, retrieved 23 October 2017:

     hoganrock: Who's the number 1 Complain King/Queen here? Are you a Complain King/Queen? What do you usually complain about?

   • 2000 October 5, squig...@my-deja.com, “Are we really complain kings and queens?”, in soc.culture.singapore, Usenet‎, retrieved 1 November 2017:

     Are we really complain kings and queens? Some academic from New Zealand said that we are a nation of moaners in Straits Times. Sure, we complain about lots of stuff, but everyone does it, not just Singaporeans. I don't think it's fair. Besides what else can we do...its not easy living here...the prices are sky-rocketing, everything is expensive , from owning a box of space in the air to the cars on the streets, and the govt is not helping. And I don't think we moan, we are just giving feedback. Some people think we're being petty cos we have a good life. So should we just keep our dissatisfaction to ourselves? What's wrong with complaining any.

Commonly used in spoken English to deride someone, may use in written form on websites that invite social networking or feedback.

• complain queen (female equivalent)