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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

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Remunemotion

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: ree-myoon-em-oshe-in

Sentence: Doug and Rachel often argue about silly stuff but underneath it's all remunemotion.

Etymology: remuneration + emotion

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Coinflict

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: koyn flikt

Sentence: Every argument that Stan and Betty had was a coinflict over finances, or lack of them. Stan thought that money grew on trees and Betty was the tree surgeon.

Etymology: Coin (metal piece used as money) & Conflict (an open lash between two opposing sides)

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Cashscrapped

Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: kash-scrap-ed

Sentence: Anita cashscrapped with her husband at the mall. It wasnt because he hated the dress, he just hated the price.

Etymology: Cash (as in money) + scrap (as in to fight). Also from the phrase cash-strapped (to have little money)

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Cashpat

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: kæsh-pæt

Sentence: She wanted to travel, he wanted to save the money. A classic lovers cashpat ensued.

Etymology: cash + spat

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Cashboxing

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: cash-bok-sing

Sentence: If cashboxing was an Olympic sport, Fiona would be a multiple gold-medallist

Etymology: cash + boxing

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Coinflict

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: coyn flikt

Sentence: Penny was mad because her hubby Buck was trying to nickel and dime her about shopping. The coinflict this time was because it was okay for him to buy a $500 HD TV at the Boxing Day Sales without her knowledge. But when she bought a lousy pair of shoes she badly needed or new shampoo, he railed at the expense. She was tired of the false economics...she scrimped on groceries, just so he could go out and buy a bigger toy! There was nothing wrong with the 4 other TV's they already had! "Next time", she vowed, "I am going to marry a man with a lot more cents!"

Etymology: Coin (a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money;form by stamping, punching, or printing;of phrases or words) & Conflict (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

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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:

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Smuckight

Created by: Stump

Pronunciation:

Sentence: After the smuckfight we didn't talk for days - neither of us knew what to apologize for.

Etymology: smuck -for Smuckers from the Dane Cook bit and ight from fight

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Cashfight

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation: cash - fight

Sentence: She threw me out! We just had a cashfight.

Etymology: cash + fight

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Shortfallout

Created by: kyotonils

Pronunciation: (self-evident)

Sentence: We had another shortfallout last night when.

Etymology: shortfall+fallout

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