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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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Dishcussion

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: dich kush yun

Sentence: "It's your turm, end of dishcussion, she choretled"

Etymology: discussion dish, cuss

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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

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Dishclasher

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Dish-clash-shur

Sentence: Yesterday's dishclasher started after Peter dumped his plate in the sink carelessly, breaking it on the mountain of dishes that already filled the sink.

Etymology: Dishwasher + clash

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COMMENTS:

Wow! that was nearly a dishaster! - Alchemist, 2007-03-09: 10:00:00

Yes, it's a good thing they got to the saucer of the problem: the family had become addicted to contemplate-ing after-dinner puns. - Discoveria, 2007-03-09: 12:19:00

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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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Dishcord

artr

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)

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Dishagreement

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dish-ah-gree-ment

Sentence: What started out as a dishcussion, quickly escalated to a dishagreement, followed by a full-blown dawnnybrook.

Etymology: dish, disagreement

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COMMENTS:

During the kitchencounterattack, there was a dishagreement about the dishpute which caused much dishcord, but the dishsoapopera prevented further sinkosis. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-09: 09:33:00

Dishonesty is the root cause, but I dishapprove of dishipating responsibility. Otherwise everyone ends up dishappointed. - Alchemist, 2007-03-09: 09:58:00

what a dishaster - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-09: 10:34:00

Yes, quite dishturbing. I think this is what is referred to as a mental dishorder. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-09: 11:15:00

Mental dishorders need to be treated with pantrydepressants, but after that it's best to remain dishpassionate until the washing up has been complated. - Discoveria, 2007-03-09: 12:16:00

I sudspect that there is a dishproportionate amount of soapoforic information being disheminated here. - Alchemist, 2007-03-10: 12:39:00

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Kitchencounterattack

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: kit/chen/cown/ter/a/tak

Sentence: A full fledged kitchencounterattack occurred last night in a small town near here with knives,forks and plates flying through open windows and injuring passersby. A dishwasher has been installed to prevent further outbursts

Etymology: kitchen + counter attack

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COMMENTS:

Very creative Jabber! Definitely suggests dishpandemonium. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-09: 06:25:00

I was browled over by the deterrgent dishagreement and accompanying discord and washomania - dishpandemonium - very apt - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-09: 10:33:00

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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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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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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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Warshomania

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: warsh-o-MANE-e-uh

Sentence: No way I'm going home before last call tonight. Last night Monica and Greg descended into full-blown warshomania after we had lasagne.

Etymology: war + warsh + omania

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COMMENTS:

petaj Well lasagne is a special case, since it produces so many dirty pots and pans. - petaj, 2007-03-09: 02:02:00

It's true, lasagne is a well-known cause of warshomania. - wordmeister, 2007-03-09: 08:09:00

Well, I had a sudspicion that would happen. If only we could enjoy pasta without dishcord and dishonesty. - Alchemist, 2007-03-09: 08:29:00

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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