Verboticism: Tendertiff

'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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Tendertiff

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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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