Verboticism: Sinkosis
DEFINITION: n. A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it's time to do the dishes. v. To fight about the dishes.
Sinkosis
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: sink-o-sus
Sentence: They all suffered from a severe case of sinkosis as they shouted profanities at each other over who's turn it was to wash dishes.
Etymology: Sink: That marvelous gadget used to clean dishes. -- Osis: from psychosis, an abnormal state of mind brought on by a dirty sink. :-)
Points: 878
Comments: Sinkosis
wordmeister - 2007-03-09: 00:37:00
psycholgically astute
petaj - 2007-03-09: 04:32:00
They probably had that sinking feeling you get of impending doom - your turn!
Sed8ed - 2007-03-09: 05:02:00
That's not knife! Badumdum! My son was diagnosed with sinkosis. It's a devastating disorder. (For my kitchen!)