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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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Reargurrence

Created by: tonya87

Pronunciation: Re-Are-Gyou-Err-Ants

Sentence: Why must was always have a reargurrance? Every night, Its just dishes!

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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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Dishconfrentation

Created by: acarr23

Pronunciation: Dish con fren ta tion

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Etymology: An argument about dishes

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Dishcrepancy

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: dish-crep-an-cy

Sentence: It seemed as though there was a dishcrepancy every night at the Farkle family kitchen. Everyone distinctly remembered being the last one to do the dishes; therefore, it couldn't possibly be their turn. The only thing that could cause more arguments was cat box duty.

Etymology: discrepancy: divergence or disagreement about facts + dish

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COMMENTS:

Hilarious! The Farkle kitchen must be a dishashter! - splendiction, 2009-09-28: 21:45:00

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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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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

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Dishfunctional

artr

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)

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Dishcomania

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: dish-ko-mainia

Sentence: The meal was delicious and the family sat down to relax. A glare from the mother led to an outbreak of vitriolic dishcomania

Etymology: dish - obvious. co - involving people (my definition). mania - obsession

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Fudayellight

Created by: victy

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: fu-full...da-day...yel-yelling...ight-fight

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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