Don't Be Rose

To Be Rose (verb): To inconsiderately, self-centeredly, or thoughtlessly complain to someone who is suffering much worse  from the same complaint.

"My twenty-something, size one, marathoner office-mate was totally being Rose, complaining to our middle-age coworkers that she put on two pounds over Thanksgiving."

-ORIGIN:
From Titanic (1997), where Kate Winslet's character Rose, floating on wood, complains that she's cold to Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack), who is at that time freezing to death in the water.




I've been using this with my girlfriend since at least 2007 after watching Titanic together one night, and we often tell each other now "don't be Rose" when one is complaining of something the other is suffering from much worse, such as complaining of being tired to the one who had to wake up at 5am.  The film's very corny dialogue set-up magnify this action to the absurd extreme.  As I saw from just looking up the scene on Youtube, many others have picked up on Rose's selfishness, and the exchange even inspired a Facebook page dedicated to what Leo should have said.