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.

Juxtagonists

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: jux/tag/o/nists

Sentence: Sitting next to anyone on a cramped and crowded airliner causes even the most friendly and gentile people to immediately become juxtagonists because of their close proximity to one another.

Etymology: JUXTAGONISTS - from - JUXTAPOSITION (close together, or side by side) + ANATGONISTS (opposes and contends against another; an adversary)

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