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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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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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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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Sinkirmish
Created by: trioptimum
Pronunciation: sin-KUR-mish
Sentence: Ian tried to be somewhere else each night at the time of the regular household sinkirmish.
Etymology: sink + skirmish
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
Dishsent
Created by: rhowes
Pronunciation: dish-sent
Sentence: There was always a lot of dishsent in our home at supper wash up time.
Etymology: dish + dissent
Dishclasher
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: dish + clash + er
Sentence: Every night, we get into a full blown dishclasher when it comes time to scrub the pots and pans.
Etymology: It's like putting a clash into a dishwasher! Set it and forget it!
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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Dishension
Created by: torpid
Pronunciation: /dish-'en(t)-sh&n/
Sentence: After every meal in the Murphy household, dishension ensued as none of the children could agree whose turn it was to do the dishes.
Etymology: dish + dissension
Dishdishing
Created by: elcomputo
Pronunciation: Accent on the second dish.
Sentence: With all the dishdishing going on, they completely missed the Super Bowl.
Etymology: From the Indian word for cholera.
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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