Entitlementia

Saw a new word in an article by Judith Timson of The Globe and Mail today: entitlementia. A Google search unearthed a usage (claiming to be a coinage) from as far back as 2004, but as there are only 27 examples on Google, it's hard to say whether this will catch on.

Our society is clearly in the grip of a new social disease: entitlementia.

That's my diagnosis after three high-profile examples of extreme public rudeness in less than a week. Entitlementia means many of us obviously feel damn entitled to express our point of view whenever and however we feel like it, no matter if it's the right time or place.

Monday, Sep. 14, 2009 05:43PM EDT

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/serena-joe-kanye-its-a-new-social-disease/article1287456/

I have named a new disease -- entitlementia: the skewed view that we, as Americans, are entitled to broadband internet access, photo capable cell phones, and 186 channels of TV, and that life cannot proceed until these basic needs are met.
2/23/2004 9:53:00 AM
http://www.thirdway.com/talk/Default.asp?Topic=AW&offset=180
she thinks her $1.1 million house in the "cheap" part of Newport Beach is really "worth" what Zillow tells her. entitlementia is a serious illness.
2008-03-26 23:30:32
http://www.tickerforum.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=36760

Tonight, our party finally got the official diagnoses: creeping bi-partisanism has fully engorged our left nodes and a major dose of entitlementia has curved our once strong, and load-worthy spines.
02-06-2008,
http://www.gopusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46221&page=2