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Possibly that’s because New Yorkers already do such a bang-up job of whinging about their own city that they don’t need an assist from professional comedians.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

A universal principle of politics is that whinging is not an effective substitute for organization.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

All the whinging about the toxic social media landscape is due to the belief that Twitter is actual communication, rather than a useless platform that delivers zingers, not argument or well-thought out ideas.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2017

The officer said a caller to the Nolan Show, who gave his name as Steven, had argued that police officers should get on with it "suck it up and stop their whinging".

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2016

“It wouldn’t hurt to say ‘Good morning’ before you start whinging, Elizabeth,” she scolds.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan