Verboticism: Monetipathy

'But my other sock has a hole in it...'

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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Fracash

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fra/ca/sh

Sentence: They had a huge fracash that escalated to whipping coins at each other. For weeks after they sported the queen's face on their temples.

Etymology: fracas + cash

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Gilttrip

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: GILT-trip

Sentence: After Jim quit his job, he and Rhonda gilttripped every night over which fast-food place they would eat at.

Etymology: gilt + guilt trip

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Lucrement

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: luke-ra-meant

Sentence: The couple downstairs were having a lucrement... it was just making me crazy.

Etymology: Lucre-money Argument-fight

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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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Boodlebrawl

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: boo-dle-brawl

Sentence: Bob and Betty Binder bet their boodle that Breakdown the Brown would best the bevy at Belmont, but the Bay broke through and Breakdown balked so the Binders were broke. Bob and Betty broke for the bar, however the booze made them bicker and battle about the bills, bringing the biggest boodlebrawl the Belmont had ever beheld. Browsing bystanders bet on whether the Binders would be bounced from the bar or banned from the benches.

Etymology: boodle: slang for money + brawl: loud noisy argument

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Fiscfight

Created by: kaykee

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Ann and clive were embroyled in a domestic fiscfight

Etymology: fiscal (of or pertainting to money) + fight

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Fightnancial

Created by: riflesandkids74

Pronunciation: fyt-nan-shul

Sentence: The couple moved on as they would constantly have fightnancials.

Etymology: fight+financial

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Quibbleloot

Created by: Maureen

Pronunciation: kwibble - loot

Sentence: Jane said why do you quibbleloot over my cooking when I know you really want to know how much I spent at the dress shop.

Etymology: Quibble - to argue. Loot - money

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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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Kuncashihilism

vixphilia

Created by: vixphilia

Pronunciation: Kun-KA-Shee-HEE-lism

Sentence: //To Kuncashihilism (v.): They kuncashihilism every day. So darn petty. //Kuncashihilism (n.): The Kuncashihilism in this house is unbearable. Get over it. //Obs: Can be shortened to "Cashihilism" in informal dialogue.

Etymology: Kun: From "Kung Fu", not used here in it's original meaning, but in the more popular meaning, "art of fight", "martial arts". Cash: From the French "caisse", meaning "Money" Nihilism: Without meaning; nothing.

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