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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.
Verboticisms
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Scotchfite
Created by: faithlessphil
Pronunciation: skotch-fyte
Sentence: Jimmy always ate quickly, trying to leave the table before the inevitable scotchfite broke out.
Etymology: Scotch from "Scotchbrite" (popular brand of dishwashing scrub pads) + fite (fight)
Dishspute
Created by: Screamer
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Every night after dinner the family would erupt into a violent dishspute over the cleaning process
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
got my vote although I would have spelled it dishpute - FreeToys, 2007-09-06: 07:56:00
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Prodsomegastjuice
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: prod-some-gast-juice
Sentence: hahaha!! prod=produce, some=more, gast=gastric, juice=acid hahahaha, learn more bout difective system, hehehe
Etymology: produce some grastric juice
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COMMENTS:
learn more bout difective system, hehehe digestive**** i mean - leomar, 2007-09-17: 09:35:00
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Chorefare
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: chore-fare
Sentence: It was with a sense of foreboding that Ma entered the kitchen. Her offspring were in siege chorefare. Kelly was wedged in the pantry while Bob and Miranda heckled and jeered, threatening her with chopsticks until she promised to empty the dishwasher.
Etymology: chore + fare (of the hearty type) + warfare
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-06: 11:35:00
Great word with wider application. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-06: 18:11:00
Nice! Very Nice!! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:54:00
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Dishagreement
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: dish-uh-gree-ment
Sentence: The simple dishagreement turned into an all out war.
Etymology: dish + disagreement
Dishmocracy
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: dish-MOCK-rah-see
Sentence: Generally rotation worked in Josh's house, but occasionally dishmocracy overruled the schedule which always threw things into a tailspin.
Etymology: Democracy (mob rule) combined with dishes.
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COMMENTS:
I think there's a little bit of mocking in there too - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-06: 11:46:00
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Dishpandemic
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: dish-pan-dem'-ick
Sentence: Once they were full, the importance of food was diminished and a dishpandemic broke out over who would clean up the mess.
Etymology: dishpan/pandemic
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COMMENTS:
Earplugs are good for dishpandemonium. - petaj, 2007-09-06: 08:18:00
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Choregument
Created by: mattbear
Pronunciation: Chore-gew-ment
Sentence: I mentioned it was Billy's turn to do the dishes, and suddenly we had a choregument on our hands.
Etymology: Chore + argument = choregument
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COMMENTS:
I like the change to any chore, not just dishes! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:48:00
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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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Dishcord
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: dish-kawrd
Sentence: The family decided to buy a dishwasher after the dishcord following supper.
Etymology: Dish and cord from discord.
