whimperative
n.— «We shall not discuss here the complicated questions of implicit performatives, e.g., of so-called whimperatives, debated in the linguistic literature.» —“Directives, Norms, and Performatives” by K. Opalek Normative Structures of the Social World Jan., 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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