Verboticism: Argupetitive

'No, I'm first because I'm a zero.'

DEFINITION: n., A stylized form of argument, common among politicians, lawyers and married couples, where the parties state and restate their positions until the opponent is exhausted. v. tr., To argue by simply restating your position over and over again.

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Argupetitive

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ar/gue/pe/ti/tive

Sentence: His strategy in disagreements is to be argupetitive which gives his wife no new ground to counter attack his points in the dispute.

Etymology: argue + repetitive

Points: 680

Comments: Argupetitive

ErWenn - 2008-01-22: 10:48:00
Ooh, nice one.

silveryaspen - 2008-01-22: 12:32:00
Nice ... and the pet in the middle reminds be of how petty such can be!

bananabender - 2008-01-22: 21:29:00
The pettiness bounced out at me too. Good word!

OZZIEBOB - 2008-01-22: 22:16:00
Very good word!