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DEFINITION: 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.
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Scullerysquabble
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: skuhl-uh-ree-skwob-uhl
Sentence: Tonight's scullerysquabble went on until 3 am at which time Ned ended up with a fork stuck in his butt cheek.
Etymology: scullery (a small room or section of a pantry or kitchen in which cooking utensils are cleaned and stored) + squabble (argue)
Dishagreement
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: dish-uh-gree-ment
Sentence: The simple dishagreement turned into an all out war.
Etymology: dish + disagreement
Chorgument
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: chor-gyu-ment
Sentence: i arrived home from work to find the household deep in the throes of a chorgument
Etymology: chore, argument
Yescussion
Created by: skepsis
Pronunciation: yes-kussion
Sentence: Mark died in the fight that our yescussion led to.
Etymology: yell and discussion
Repapdisment
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: ree-pepe-dis-mint
Sentence: i forgot so i have a mojor case of repapdisent
Etymology: regret/ paperplate/ disapoint
Dishullabaloo
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dish-ulla-BA-loo
Sentence: There was nothing like a dish cloth for wiping the contented looks off the faces of Marita and Michael, Roxie and Bob's teenage children. For them that was a enough to start a dishowdown. Marita was potemical; Michael was clearly a misodishiac, and discussion always ended in a howling dishullabaloo with the dirty dishes remaining in the sink. Bob decided the solution was to buy a dishwasher rather than be one.
Etymology: Blend of dish & hullabaloo(uproar) Potemical (pot + polemical)
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COMMENTS:
excellent!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-06: 10:25:00
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Dishcussion
Created by: Poeiden
Pronunciation: dish-cussion
Sentence: Dishcussions always took place at our neighbour's place, I was tempted to get a dishwasher for them to reduce the noise level.
Etymology: dish + discussion
Bladesofgory
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: blades/of/gory
Sentence: When the meal is done, they usually start an all out bladesofgory verbal attack on each other trying to determine the dish responsibility for that day.
Etymology: 'Blades of Glory'(the movie) and the use of entrenching tools (knives) in the form of words, to verbally stab each other to inflict guilt trying to convince each other to do the dishes.
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COMMENTS:
excellent imagery - petaj, 2007-09-06: 08:14:00
Do they use their skates to cut their food? - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-06: 10:23:00
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Dishpute
Created by: woofmaster
Pronunciation: dish-pyoot
Sentence: After our Thanksgiving dinner, there's usually a major dishpute.
Etymology: "dish" from "dish" "pute" from ... um. pute. you know.
Dishturbance
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: dish-TUR-bence
Sentence: I had to bang on the walls of my apartment because of the dishturbance next door, which happens every night at this time
Etymology: dish + disturbance
