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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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Cashscrap
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: cash-scrap
Sentence: Ever since they they bought their new dream house, Annie and Bob have been in an endless cashscrap.
Etymology: cash + scrap
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COMMENTS:
Scrappy word. - Nosila, 2009-08-11: 01:32:00
Thanks! - jrogan, 2009-08-11: 07:33:00
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Currenseethe
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: cur-en-seethe
Sentence: Jim and Jane spent the night currenseething after he brought home a puppy with a spot shaped like a dollar sign.
Etymology: currency + seethe
Lsdispute
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ell ess deeee spewt
Sentence: hell hath no fury like an lsdispute on nookienite
Etymology: lsd, dispute
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COMMENTS:
Welcome back,g,cute word! - Nosila, 2009-08-11: 01:33:00
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Cuwarrency
Created by: sleep
Pronunciation: coo-war-en-see
Sentence: I knew that a cuwarrency was erupting when they started yelling over whether to get the cole slaw or the mashed potatoes.
Etymology: war + currency
Currencybashing
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: currency bashing
Sentence: The bills piled up; no matter what he said, she currencybashed him, due to her stress level from robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Etymology: currency= money bashing = beat up
Douhaha
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dōhähä
Sentence: Jack and Jill had their share of troubles. The incident at the well was just a symptom of their problematic relationship. Jill was upset at the cost of fixing Jack’s crown. She didn’t even understand why he needed a crown to begin with. Jack didn’t appreciate the fees for Jill’s tumbling lessons. After one final douhaha they have filed for divorce. They are expected to share custody of the hill.
Etymology: Dough (money) + brouhaha (a noisy and overexcited critical response)
Lucrebicker
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: LOO'-ker-bik-ker
Sentence: When Nate and Tess tried to remember what they had fighting about, they realized that they had been lucrebickering.
Etymology:
Lucrement
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: luke-ra-meant
Sentence: The couple downstairs were having a lucrement... it was just making me crazy.
Etymology: Lucre-money Argument-fight
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COMMENTS:
- erasmus, 2007-01-04: 05:07:00
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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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