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'But they're not my dishes!'

DEFINITION: n. A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it's time to do the dishes. v. To fight about the dishes.

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Platteruckus

Shellbow

Created by: Shellbow

Pronunciation: plat-ter-ruh-cuss

Sentence: Aunt Sally started a huge platteruckus at Thanksgiving.

Etymology: Platter + ruckus

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Dishsoapopera

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: dish-sOp-op-era

Sentence: Every night it's a dishsoapopera. Jill has to step up to the "plate" and be "The Guiding Light" as "All My Children" argue on who's doing the "forking" dishes. I'm scared one day it might turn ugly and land one of the kids in "General Hospital" diagnosed with only "One Life to Live".

Etymology: dish soap/soap opera

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COMMENTS:

Good one Toad! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-09: 08:13:00

petaj One hopes they don't carry on at both "Home and Away" and when visiting "Neighbours" on "Coronaton Street". - petaj, 2007-03-09: 22:31:00

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Argudish

Created by: deannewby

Pronunciation: Arg-yoo-dish

Sentence: We had the biggest argudish in the history of the planet last night!

Etymology: A combination of the 2 key words: Argument and Dishes. The first condensed to Argu - to indicate the argument. The second condensed to Dish - to indicate the Argument Subject.

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Browl

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pretty much like brawl

Sentence: The housemates were left dishtraught, and in Dishabillé after yet another browl. Crook Ray and cut Leroy (say them quickly) declared they would not be joining in the chorefare ever again.

Etymology: bowl (dish) + brawl (a noisy fight in a crowd)

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COMMENTS:

I really like chorefare! It's very versatile. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-09: 06:21:00

petaj Chorefare encompasses all kinds of domestic skirmishes - toilet terrorism, bathroom battles, laundry lambasting, etc. - petaj, 2007-03-09: 08:07:00

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Spoorn

Created by: FreakyDeak

Pronunciation: Spoo'urn

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Etymology: Spoon + Spurn (To reject/refuse)

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COMMENTS:

Read fast, this word can have some other, unpleasant meanings. - FreakyDeak, 2011-02-15: 20:28:00

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Chinapugalism

tammyjmassey

Created by: tammyjmassey

Pronunciation: chi-na-PU-jul-ism

Sentence: These are not my dishes, this is chinapugalism. This is not fair, I have been chinapugalisted.

Etymology: china - meaning dishes and pugalism from the Latin to fight pugal

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Intrafamilialdishstrife

Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: in-trah-fa-MEE-lee-el-dish-stryfe

Sentence: To an outsider, the Jones' severe intrafamilialdishstrife appeared to be set off by Susan's uncontrollable fork-phobia. In reality, Jeff sneaked into Susan's room each night and taunted her with the spectre of dishes running away with spoons. Susan understood only too well what kind of agony can result when cutlery and china elope.

Etymology: intra=within a unit + familial=having to do with the family + dish=dish + strife=conflict

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Fudayellight

Created by: victy

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: fu-full...da-day...yel-yelling...ight-fight

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Washwars

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: wash wars

Sentence: the neighbors turned to full blown washwars when it was after dinner clean up time. You could hear them 3 streets away.

Etymology: from washing and wars! how unique!

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Bowlistic

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bo lis tik

Sentence: When kids had to do the dishes, there was always a battle royal. Thye figured if they broke enough plates, their Mom wouldn't make them do them again. Wrong, she went bowlisitic when they tried that trick and cut off their privileges.

Etymology: Bowl (piece of china, a dish) & Ballistic (relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity, ie ballistic missile)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-09: 00:15:01
Today's definition was suggested by petaj.
Thank you petaj! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-28: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by petaj. Thank you petaj. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-28: 08:23:00
Hey Verbotomists, Nosila has won the last week's prize -- a signed copy Jasper Fforde's "The Eyre Affair". Clearly, she using her communicaddiction to make the most of this karmadyoferrors. I'm looking forward to seeing how she fares in this week's verbal crockfight. ~ James