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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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Lanolinediscussion
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: lanoline discussion
Sentence: Getting dishes done, always ends up in a lanolinediscussion
Etymology: lanoline, as in good for your hands en discussion.
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)
Deterrgent
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dee tur jent
Sentence: the deterrgent always seemed to last much longer on lasagne night.
Etymology: deterrent, detergent
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COMMENTS:
Nice use of soap to your dishtinguish word - wordmeister, 2007-03-09: 08:07:00
I hope this deterrgent doesn't cause a dishruption of meals among your dishgruntled friends. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-09: 09:22:00
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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
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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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
Roomrow
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: room-rour
Sentence: Doug and his bros got into a massive roomrow with Rachel and her sussies
Etymology: room + row
Chinapugalism
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
Dishconfrentation
Created by: acarr23
Pronunciation: Dish con fren ta tion
Sentence:
Etymology: An argument about dishes
Dishcussion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dich kush yun
Sentence: "It's your turm, end of dishcussion, she choretled"
Etymology: discussion dish, cuss
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