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DEFINITION: v. To have a big fight over nothing, that is really a fight about money. n. An argument about money
Verboticisms
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Begbegbeg
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation: beg beg beg
Sentence: Stop begbegbegging me!
Etymology: beg all the time
Economelee
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ee-con-oh-mee-lee
Sentence: Bill and Jan would often economelee about their finances without actually talking about money.
Etymology: economics + melee
Cashtroversy
Created by: garlinger626
Pronunciation: Cash-tro-versy
Sentence: At the end of the month as the bank balance ebbs towards the red, you can guarantee a cashtroversy or two.
Etymology: From cash and controversy
Pelfpouting
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: pelf/pow/ting
Sentence: Pelfpouting runs rampant in a family that rarely sticks to the point during a spat, especially one involving who bought the wrong sized jar of garlic-flavored pickles for Uncle Jebb's birthday party last year.
Etymology: pelf = money + pouting = showing displeasure by thrusting out one's lips or wearing a sullen expression
Argollarumb
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: ar-gollar-um
Sentence: How many times do we have to argollarumb before we can get to the make up part?
Etymology: argue+dollar+dumb
Debtonations
Created by: nonpossumus
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Their explosive arguments were debtonations hardly worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Etymology: Detonate
Monipulate
Created by: tangledupinblue
Pronunciation:
Sentence: They monipulated for an hour about whether is was better to order pizza or Chinese, when it all came down to the extra two dollars the Chinese food would cost.
Etymology:
Petinagle
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: Pet-ee-neigh-gull
Sentence: They had a petinagle when they knew they were in debt.
Etymology: Korean
Argoldment
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: are-gold-ment
Sentence: Jack and Jill had a huge fight over the destination of their summer vacation. Jack wanted to go to a much more expensive location, and while Jill pretended her reasons for not wanting to go there were based purely on the locations, they both knew it was, in essence, an argoldment.
Etymology: argument (fight, dispute, heated debate) + gold (Au, element 79, soft precious metal often synonymous with treasure or money although it is too soft to practically use for coins)
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COMMENTS:
If it was up to Jill alone, they'd probably just go up some hill nearby and fetch a pail of water. Much cheaper than hotel water. - Krixwell, 2013-09-17: 09:15:00
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Pecunadillo
Created by: frippy
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Derived from the Latin word pecunia (money) and combined with peccadillo (a trivial hang up)
