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George Costanza
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English
Etymology
From the character George Costanza of the television show Seinfeld.
Noun
A person who complains frequently and is socially inappropriate, opinionated and selfish.
en He is the George Costanza of the Pima County Sheriff's Office. He was always around, he was always complaining, he had an opinion about everything, but he would never contribute anything constructive to any situation he was involved in. 38 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Immaculate_Deception/2GdAHgo4toQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+George+Costanza+of%22+-seinfeld&pg=PA38&printsec=frontcover Wheatmark Immaculate Deception Leighton Rockafellow 2009
en I was the George Costanza of children, pushing myself through bodies to get to the head of the table, where I would stand, my eyes barely peering over the edge, waiting for the moment, the signal, that we could start eating. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fatty_Fatty_Boom_Boom/YnJhEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+George+Costanza+of%22+-seinfeld&pg=PT45&printsec=frontcover Little, Brown Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family Rabia Chaudry 2022
en https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Sound_of_No_Hands_Clapping/Zx5KNEqFOIUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+George+Costanza+of%22+-seinfeld&pg=PT59&printsec=frontcover Sean Macauley set the tone, describing me as "the George Costanza of weddings". Grand Central Publishing The Sound of No Hands Clapping Toby Young 2008
en terms derived from fiction eponyms terms derived from Seinfeld
en Fictional characters