Verboticism: Scrabblesquabble

'That's my word!'

DEFINITION: v. To engage in an emotional debate over the small, yet somehow surprisingly important details in a simple game. n. An emotional game player

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Scrabblesquabble

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: skrab-uhl-skwob-uhl

Sentence: Everybody loves that James now has an electronic edition of Scrabble. Nobody has to engage in a scrabblesquabble when they play him. When he tries to play a word that he "knows" is right, he can scream at the computer all he wants and nobody but neighbors within three blocks have to hear it.

Etymology: Scrabble (Board game where you create interconnected words) + squabble (to engage in a petty quarrel)

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