Verboticism: Coinflict

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

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Economelee

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: ee-con-oh-mee-lee

Sentence: Bill and Jan would often economelee about their finances without actually talking about money.

Etymology: economics + melee

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Monoto

likephilshead

Created by: likephilshead

Pronunciation: (moe-no-toe)

Sentence: I monoto with my girlfriend much too often.

Etymology: noun: monotoism: a big fight over nothing, that is really about money.

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Douhaha

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dōhähä

Sentence: Jack and Jill had their share of troubles. The incident at the well was just a symptom of their problematic relationship. Jill was upset at the cost of fixing Jack’s crown. She didn’t even understand why he needed a crown to begin with. Jack didn’t appreciate the fees for Jill’s tumbling lessons. After one final douhaha they have filed for divorce. They are expected to share custody of the hill.

Etymology: Dough (money) + brouhaha (a noisy and overexcited critical response)

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Sugarloathe

Created by: tinman

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Pelfpouting

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: pelf/pow/ting

Sentence: Pelfpouting runs rampant in a family that rarely sticks to the point during a spat, especially one involving who bought the wrong sized jar of garlic-flavored pickles for Uncle Jebb's birthday party last year.

Etymology: pelf = money + pouting = showing displeasure by thrusting out one's lips or wearing a sullen expression

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Coinflict

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: koyn flikt

Sentence: Every argument that Stan and Betty had was a coinflict over finances, or lack of them. Stan thought that money grew on trees and Betty was the tree surgeon.

Etymology: Coin (metal piece used as money) & Conflict (an open lash between two opposing sides)

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Counterfight

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'kaun-t&r-"fIt/

Sentence: Ostensibly, the argument was over doing chores around the house, but the married couple was really counterfighting about the fact that he didn't have a job.

Etymology: From counterfeit + fight. Also usable as a noun ("a nasty counterfight") and as an adjective ("a counterfight argument").

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Argollarumb

Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: ar-gollar-um

Sentence: How many times do we have to argollarumb before we can get to the make up part?

Etymology: argue+dollar+dumb

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Tendertiff

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ten-der-tiff

Sentence: They were very fond of each other, yet had frequent tendertiffs on seemingly inane problems, the root cause being money.

Etymology: tender (legal tender = money and also gentle) + tiff (petty quarrel)

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Currenseethe

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: cur-en-seethe

Sentence: Jim and Jane spent the night currenseething after he brought home a puppy with a spot shaped like a dollar sign.

Etymology: currency + seethe

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