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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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Crudmudgeon
Created by: Grant
Pronunciation: krud-mudg-yawn
Sentence: wash those dishes you crudmudgeon!
Etymology: a sticky situation involving old crud upon dishes.
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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Sinkosis
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: sink-o-sus
Sentence: They all suffered from a severe case of sinkosis as they shouted profanities at each other over who's turn it was to wash dishes.
Etymology: Sink: That marvelous gadget used to clean dishes. -- Osis: from psychosis, an abnormal state of mind brought on by a dirty sink. :-)
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COMMENTS:
psycholgically astute - wordmeister, 2007-03-09: 00:37:00
They probably had that sinking feeling you get of impending doom - your turn! - petaj, 2007-03-09: 04:32:00
That's not knife! Badumdum! My son was diagnosed with sinkosis. It's a devastating disorder. (For my kitchen!) - Sed8ed, 2007-03-09: 05:02:00
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Dissle
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: dis-ul
Sentence: Not another dissle!
Etymology: Dish + Tussle [a vigorous struggle or scuffle]
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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Browl
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
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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Chorespute
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /chor-spyoot/
Sentence: The chorespute got out of hand.
Etymology: From chore + dispute
Dishfunctional
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dishfəngkshənl
Sentence: Momma loves cooking but hates doing the dishes. Billy read somewhere on the net that dishwashing detergent is bad for the environment so refuses to have anything to do with it. Dad can’t stand touching food scraps. This family is truly dishfunctional. They tried using paper plates once but nobody wants to take out the trash.
Etymology: dish (a shallow, typically flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food) + dysfunctional (not operating normally or properly)
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.
Dishpute
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation:
Sentence: There always seemed to be a big dishpute every night after dinner.
Etymology: dish + dispute
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COMMENTS:
Boy, howdy, can I ever relate to that! - Sed8ed, 2007-03-09: 05:00:00
I guess they were dishinclined to do the washing up... - Discoveria, 2007-03-09: 05:30:00
Great Word!! Between your 'dishpute' and my 'dishcord' and Purple's 'dishagreement' there's a lot of broken china. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-09: 09:16:00
China can be expensive to replace. Better to use everyday dinnerwar. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-09: 09:27:00
I dishcovered that even the best laid plans can lead to dishaster... - Alchemist, 2007-03-09: 10:02:00
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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