Whinysad

Now, the thing with designating a 'Word of the Day' is that it isn't an outright, straight-ahead accolade in all instances.

Take our new friend, 'whinysad'. This little combination of two weak and overused words becomes something a tad more interesting when the space between the two is omitted. However, are there no other words that can be used for this particular personality characteristic?

The answer could possibly be no, like in the context I found it, in this article called "Why are you so terribly disappointing". The folks Mark Morford describes might not be worthy of a more interesting word, or maybe the phenomenon of 'whinysad' is such a new form of emotional expression that there are no words to describe. I am going to hazard a very optimistic guess that this possibly modern state of pouting whilst crying will end. Soon.