Verboticism: Coinflict

'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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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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