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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.
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Detergentinsurgents
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee ter jent in serj ents
Sentence: Every night the battle ensued...of the detergentinsurgents. Too dumb to establish a rota or work together, they fought blindly every night over who would get stuck doing the dishes. Finally in an effort to stop the racket every night, the neighbours bought them paper plates and plastic utensils and peace was restored. When thanked, they just said "Forketaboutit!"
Etymology: Detergent (cleansing agent used to wash dishes) & Insurgents (a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority;in opposition to a civil authority or government)
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COMMENTS:
:-) - CharlieB, 2011-02-15: 07:27:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2011-02-15: 13:14:00
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Inchoregruity
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: in'chowr'groo'i'tee
Sentence: As long as i dont have to do the dishes, i dont mind the tense anger-filled nightly inchoregruity
Etymology: incongruity+chore
Argudish
Created by: deannewby
Pronunciation: Arg-yoo-dish
Sentence: We had the biggest argudish in the history of the planet last night!
Etymology: A combination of the 2 key words: Argument and Dishes. The first condensed to Argu - to indicate the argument. The second condensed to Dish - to indicate the Argument Subject.
Crockfights
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: krok fye tz
Sentence: It was the same every night after dinner. The Crockfights would begin. The 3 roommates would brawl over dish duty. They were armor-PLATED, they acted like MUGS, they DISHED it out to each other, the KNIVES were out and they would SINK to new lows. We were BOWLED over by the MAGNUMtude of their aggression. Just because they had to do the DISHES. They put the CUT in Cutlery, SPOON-fed each other venom and sPLATTERed each other with soap suds. There was PANdemonium until we told them to FORK off or we would send them on a slow VESSEL or a flying SAUCER to CHINA. Nothing is GRATER than love and WARE is the love???
Etymology: Crock (an earthen jar (made of baked clay) also (nonsense; foolish talk); Crockery (tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively) & Fights (an intense verbal dispute;the act of fighting; any contest or struggle) & Play on CockFights (a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs)
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COMMENTS:
Wow - nothing's measuringCUP to your sentence! Chef's Surprise for the 3 doommates! - splendiction, 2009-09-28: 21:50:00
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Chorespute
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /chor-spyoot/
Sentence: The chorespute got out of hand.
Etymology: From chore + dispute
Chorrage
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: chore-age
Sentence: The whole slovenly family suffered from severe clinical cases of chorrage, which made a clean house an immpossibility.
Etymology: chore (task or duty) + rage (anger, duh!) + chorrage!
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COMMENTS:
Is that brought on by housewark? - petaj, 2007-03-09: 05:04:00
Usually by an abundance of it! - Sed8ed, 2007-03-14: 04:52:00
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Roomrow
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: room-rour
Sentence: Doug and his bros got into a massive roomrow with Rachel and her sussies
Etymology: room + row
Dishcaustion
Created by: RainbowView
Pronunciation: dish caw styun
Sentence: After dinner, act with caution. At that time of night, the dishes are a caustic discussion point to be had. You might swoon at the sight. Nobody wants to even contemplate doing them - it is a boring thing to do - but it must be done eventually, so they fork out their knives and erupt in a full frontal dishcaustion.
Etymology: dish + caustic + discussion
Dishagreement
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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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. :-)
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COMMENTS:
psycholgically astute - wordmeister, 2007-03-09: 00:37:00
They probably had that sinking feeling you get of impending doom - your turn! - petaj, 2007-03-09: 04:32:00
That's not knife! Badumdum! My son was diagnosed with sinkosis. It's a devastating disorder. (For my kitchen!) - Sed8ed, 2007-03-09: 05:02:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by petaj.
Thank you petaj! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by petaj. Thank you petaj. ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, Nosila has won the last week's prize -- a signed copy Jasper Fforde's "The Eyre Affair". Clearly, she using her communicaddiction to make the most of this karmadyoferrors. I'm looking forward to seeing how she fares in this week's verbal crockfight. ~ James