Verboticism: Counterfight

'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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Counterfight

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'kaun-t&r-"fIt/

Sentence: Ostensibly, the argument was over doing chores around the house, but the married couple was really counterfighting about the fact that he didn't have a job.

Etymology: From counterfeit + fight. Also usable as a noun ("a nasty counterfight") and as an adjective ("a counterfight argument").

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