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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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Dishracknophobia
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: dish/rak/na/foe/bee/ah
Sentence: The Adams family had such a severe case of dishracknophobia that every night after dinner was bedlam.
Etymology: dishrack + arachnophobia
Dishcord
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dish-kawrd
Sentence: The roommates got along just fine preparing meals. They were all happy to share the bounty of those efforts. The dishcord showed up when cleanup time rolled around.
Etymology: dish (an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for holding or serving food) + discord (disagreement; difference of opinion)
Dischored
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: diss + chore + d
Sentence: There's always some dischored in our house when the laundry hamper starts to overflow.
Etymology: discord + chore
Crockfights
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: krok fye tz
Sentence: It was the same every night after dinner. The Crockfights would begin. The 3 roommates would brawl over dish duty. They were armor-PLATED, they acted like MUGS, they DISHED it out to each other, the KNIVES were out and they would SINK to new lows. We were BOWLED over by the MAGNUMtude of their aggression. Just because they had to do the DISHES. They put the CUT in Cutlery, SPOON-fed each other venom and sPLATTERed each other with soap suds. There was PANdemonium until we told them to FORK off or we would send them on a slow VESSEL or a flying SAUCER to CHINA. Nothing is GRATER than love and WARE is the love???
Etymology: Crock (an earthen jar (made of baked clay) also (nonsense; foolish talk); Crockery (tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively) & Fights (an intense verbal dispute;the act of fighting; any contest or struggle) & Play on CockFights (a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs)
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COMMENTS:
Wow - nothing's measuringCUP to your sentence! Chef's Surprise for the 3 doommates! - splendiction, 2009-09-28: 21:50:00
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Dissues
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: dish-ooze
Sentence: the share house was great but there were always some dissues they couldn't resolve
Etymology: dish, issues
Dishtemperment
Created by: EffingCharms
Pronunciation: Di-sh-temp-er-men-t
Sentence: The distemperment between the Smith's was unbearable! I mean it's just dinner dishes, why don't they hire a maid already!
Etymology: Dish- an eating on divice -temperment an argument, or loss of temper
Washwars
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!
Dishcord
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dish/cord
Sentence: After the meal is finished and we are feeling full and sleepy it is time for our daily dishcord over who is to clean and wash up the mess.
Etymology: dish + dishes + discord
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COMMENTS:
funny! - wordmeister, 2007-03-09: 00:36:00
That's clever. :-) - jedijawa, 2007-03-09: 00:43:00
tasty. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-09: 05:21:00
another great one - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-09: 10:30:00
I hadn't seen this when I added mine... yours is better! - Osomatic, 2007-03-09: 17:49:00
Excellent one! - BMott, 2007-03-09: 18:51:00
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Dissle
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: dis-ul
Sentence: Not another dissle!
Etymology: Dish + Tussle [a vigorous struggle or scuffle]
Chorespute
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /chor-spyoot/
Sentence: The chorespute got out of hand.
Etymology: From chore + dispute
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