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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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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.
Chorrage
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: chore-age
Sentence: The whole slovenly family suffered from severe clinical cases of chorrage, which made a clean house an immpossibility.
Etymology: chore (task or duty) + rage (anger, duh!) + chorrage!
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COMMENTS:
Is that brought on by housewark? - petaj, 2007-03-09: 05:04:00
Usually by an abundance of it! - Sed8ed, 2007-03-14: 04:52:00
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Latherpalaver
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: la-ther-pah-la-ver
Sentence: Each night the three of them had the same latherpalaver over whose turn it was to do the dishes.
Etymology: lather (to make suds with detergent) + palaver (to hold a discussion)
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COMMENTS:
Hey JediJawa, You're good! And I hope you are as fast with the dishes as you are with the words... - wordmeister, 2007-03-09: 00:20:00
Thanks! I love word play. - jedijawa, 2007-03-09: 00:42:00
reminds me of that blue opera singer in "5th element"...you got my vote - Alchemist, 2007-03-09: 09:59:00
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Inchoregruity
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: in'chowr'groo'i'tee
Sentence: As long as i dont have to do the dishes, i dont mind the tense anger-filled nightly inchoregruity
Etymology: incongruity+chore
Dishcord
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: DISH cord
Sentence: Dishcord would eventually result when no clean dishes were left! Painful cries, gasps and sneers preceded the noisy "dishcht it" scene: easier to throw 'em all away and buy new ones, than to clean 'em up! Good cheap dishes instead of dishpan hands! One day someone finally decided to buy paper plates and be ECO friendly, saving all that water!
Etymology: From: discord and dish.
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COMMENTS:
But losing trees..good word! - Nosila, 2009-09-29: 01:13:00
clever. - mweinmann, 2009-09-29: 08:01:00
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Chorespute
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /chor-spyoot/
Sentence: The chorespute got out of hand.
Etymology: From chore + dispute
Dishtopia
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: dish-to-pee-ah
Sentence: Our pleasant family dinner quickly dishcended into a dishturbing dishtopia as soon as Dad said "Time for dishes." Mom tried to calm things down with a few platetitudes, but they were left broken on the kichen floor.
Etymology: dish + dystopia
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COMMENTS:
What a dishfunctional family! I wonder whether Mom cupitulated in the end... - Discoveria, 2007-03-09: 12:12:00
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Dishbat
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: dish-baet
Sentence: A yelling was heard from Kamran's apartment at night but soon I learned , it was a dishbat between his daughters.
Etymology: Dish means dish. battle means fight between individuals or animals.
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
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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Dishcussion
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: dish/cush/shun
Sentence: A heated dishcussion broke out every evening.
Etymology: dish + discussion
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COMMENTS:
I know it's lame but it's late in the game - porsche, 2007-03-09: 14:10:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by petaj.
Thank you petaj! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by petaj. Thank you petaj. ~ James
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