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DEFINITION: To have a big fight over nothing, that is really a fight about money.

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Bickerbucker

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: BIHK-ur-buhk-ur

Sentence: Alex's girlfriend bickerbuckered with him all the way from their date. He wondered why she considered the Freezy Dreem a cheap date, when he ponied up for the *chocolate-dipped* cones.

Etymology: bicker + buck (one US dollar). Reduplication connotes both duration and lack of severity.

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like something you'd hear while throttling up the Harley. Good word! - Kyoti, 2007-07-16: 13:28:00

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Chachingument

Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: cha ching gew ment

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Warrien

Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: war - ri - en

Sentence: The fight that started over whos turn it was to do the dishes quickly escalated into a full-blown warrien. She wanted a complete kitchen remodel, while he wanted a live-in swedish nanny/housekeeper. Of course, they didn't have the money for either.

Etymology: war + rien (French - nothing)

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₣nought

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: fnort

Sentence: Frank fnought with Nora although she had spent only ₣5 on her trip to Paris.

Etymology: fought + nought + symbol for Franc

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Fracashing

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Frack-a-shing

Sentence: Trudy, discovering that Eddie had secured a home equity loan and purchased a plasma television and a pool table for the game room, slid over the edge from disbelief to rage in about 7 seconds and began fracashing him for nearly two solid hours, during which time he could only offer his "pouty lip face" in a hollow, yet ineffective, attempt to persuade her to be reasonable.

Etymology: Fracas+cashing

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COMMENTS:

it looks like a pouty lip face but in reality he's watching his plasma televsion at the same time - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 11:15:00

pouty lip = lipflop - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-16: 13:52:00

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Altercashion

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: All-turr-kay-shen [or] All-turr-ka-shen

Sentence: It was hard to determine her statement "Can't you take better care of our dog!" was an altercashion. My first clue was that we didn't have a dog.

Etymology: Altercation (a fight) + cash (money)

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COMMENTS:

love the word! - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 14:43:00

really? or is that just the start of a billibuster! =D - ziggy41, 2007-07-16: 16:05:00

hmm - I detect a bit of sarcasm - maybe make that the start of a ballibuster - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 16:17:00

sounds more like an alterriercashion - galwaywegian, 2007-07-17: 04:17:00

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