Verboticism: Dishension

'But they're not my dishes!'

DEFINITION: A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it's time to do the dishes.

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Dishension

Created by: torpid

Pronunciation: /dish-'en(t)-sh&n/

Sentence: After every meal in the Murphy household, dishension ensued as none of the children could agree whose turn it was to do the dishes.

Etymology: dish + dissension

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