DEFINITION: v. To fight with your neighbors, not because of your differences, and not because of what you have in common, but simply because you are stuck right next to each other. n. A border between neighbors and enemies.

Pickatfence

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pik at fens

Sentence: The Wesson, Okai and Smith families lived next door to each other. Each had a pickatfence surrounding their yard. This was because they had never gotten along and each was too stubborn to move. Things finally changed when they armed themselves and police were called to the shootout at the Okai corral, started by a Smith & Wesson.

Etymology: Picket( a wooden strip forming part of a fence) & Pick At (to annoy, fight with,express a negative opinion of) & Fence (a barrier that serves to enclose an area;enclose with a fence;fight with fencing swords or mean words)

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