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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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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
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.
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!
Dissle
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: dis-ul
Sentence: Not another dissle!
Etymology: Dish + Tussle [a vigorous struggle or scuffle]
Spoorn
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: Spoo'urn
Sentence:
Etymology: Spoon + Spurn (To reject/refuse)
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COMMENTS:
Read fast, this word can have some other, unpleasant meanings. - FreakyDeak, 2011-02-15: 20:28:00
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Inchoregruity
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: in'chowr'groo'i'tee
Sentence: As long as i dont have to do the dishes, i dont mind the tense anger-filled nightly inchoregruity
Etymology: incongruity+chore
Chorespute
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /chor-spyoot/
Sentence: The chorespute got out of hand.
Etymology: From chore + dispute
Intrafamilialdishstrife
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: in-trah-fa-MEE-lee-el-dish-stryfe
Sentence: To an outsider, the Jones' severe intrafamilialdishstrife appeared to be set off by Susan's uncontrollable fork-phobia. In reality, Jeff sneaked into Susan's room each night and taunted her with the spectre of dishes running away with spoons. Susan understood only too well what kind of agony can result when cutlery and china elope.
Etymology: intra=within a unit + familial=having to do with the family + dish=dish + strife=conflict
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.
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