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Profidicament
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: pra-fi-dic-a-ment
Sentence: as soon as she started yelling I knew we were in a profidicament
Etymology: profit(money) + Perdicament
Pettyclash
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pet tee klaa sssh
Sentence: They had another pettyclash over his friday night plans. He thought they should drive a mile or so downwind of the open air concert so they could enjoy the music without any of the pushing and shoving involved in attending the concert in the stadium. She answered by attempting to neuter him with the compilation cd he picked up in the bargain bin at the supermarket earlier.
Etymology: petty cash clash.
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COMMENTS:
hopefully they were on their way to a Clash concert - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 11:17:00
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Fiscalcuffs
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: fiss-cul-cufs
Sentence: when the electricity bill arrived he knew they were in for another round of fiscalcuffs
Etymology: fiscal, fisticuffs
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COMMENTS:
sounds like a late night frisky treasury meeting - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 16:20:00
Better than those darn French cuffs, that's for sure. - Osomatic, 2007-07-16: 23:09:00
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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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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)
Comanamy
Created by: Firrehawk99
Pronunciation: Come-on-a-me
Sentence: Oh that is just "comonamy"
Etymology:
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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Chachingument
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: cha ching gew ment
Sentence:
Etymology:
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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Monnitingchattlisationopey
Created by: angel1615
Pronunciation: monne-eting-chat-lisa-shun-nopey
Sentence: your pissing me of i cant take his acting like your all Monnitingchattlisationopey i hate this !!
Etymology: Many things