Verboticisms

Created by: tammyjmassey

Pronunciation: chi-na-PU-jul-ism

Sentence: These are not my dishes, this is chinapugalism. This is not fair, I have been chinapugalisted.

Etymology: china - meaning dishes and pugalism from the Latin to fight pugal

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: dish-to-pee-ah

Sentence: Our pleasant family dinner quickly dishcended into a dishturbing dishtopia as soon as Dad said "Time for dishes." Mom tried to calm things down with a few platetitudes, but they were left broken on the kichen floor.

Etymology: dish + dystopia

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COMMENTS:

What a dishfunctional family! I wonder whether Mom cupitulated in the end... - Discoveria, 2007-03-09: 12:12:00

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Dish-clash-shur

Sentence: Yesterday's dishclasher started after Peter dumped his plate in the sink carelessly, breaking it on the mountain of dishes that already filled the sink.

Etymology: Dishwasher + clash

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COMMENTS:

Wow! that was nearly a dishaster! - Alchemist, 2007-03-09: 10:00:00

Yes, it's a good thing they got to the saucer of the problem: the family had become addicted to contemplate-ing after-dinner puns. - Discoveria, 2007-03-09: 12:19:00

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Created by: roobee9

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Once again there was the same dishagreement over the kitchen chores.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

dishy word - Nosila, 2009-09-29: 01:14:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bo lis tik

Sentence: When kids had to do the dishes, there was always a battle royal. Thye figured if they broke enough plates, their Mom wouldn't make them do them again. Wrong, she went bowlisitic when they tried that trick and cut off their privileges.

Etymology: Bowl (piece of china, a dish) & Ballistic (relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity, ie ballistic missile)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dishfəngkshənl

Sentence: Momma loves cooking but hates doing the dishes. Billy read somewhere on the net that dishwashing detergent is bad for the environment so refuses to have anything to do with it. Dad can’t stand touching food scraps. This family is truly dishfunctional. They tried using paper plates once but nobody wants to take out the trash.

Etymology: dish (a shallow, typically flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food) + dysfunctional (not operating normally or properly)

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Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: in-trah-fa-MEE-lee-el-dish-stryfe

Sentence: To an outsider, the Jones' severe intrafamilialdishstrife appeared to be set off by Susan's uncontrollable fork-phobia. In reality, Jeff sneaked into Susan's room each night and taunted her with the spectre of dishes running away with spoons. Susan understood only too well what kind of agony can result when cutlery and china elope.

Etymology: intra=within a unit + familial=having to do with the family + dish=dish + strife=conflict

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Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: dish-ko-mainia

Sentence: The meal was delicious and the family sat down to relax. A glare from the mother led to an outbreak of vitriolic dishcomania

Etymology: dish - obvious. co - involving people (my definition). mania - obsession

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Created by: victy

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Etymology: fu-full...da-day...yel-yelling...ight-fight

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Created by: acarr23

Pronunciation: Dish con fren ta tion

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Etymology: An argument about dishes

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