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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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Disagreenment

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dis/a/GREEN/ment

Sentence: Their only squabbles were disagreenments. He wanted to spend the money on one thing, her another.

Etymology: disagree + green

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Good word - chris, 2007-01-03: 15:35:00

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Monightsquise

Created by: hairydoginparis

Pronunciation: mon-ite-sc-ise

Sentence: My wife and I monightsquise daily about seemingly dumb things like socks.

Etymology: money+fight+disquise

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Altercashion

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: awl-ter-kash-shuhn

Sentence: Whenever Tony is feeling down he likes to buy himself something, usually something stupid or unnecessary. Last week's purchase of a batmobile replica brought on the expected altercashion with his wife. It's not that they didn't need a car, to her, it was a concern that she had no space to bring home the groceries.

Etymology: altercation (a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy) + cash (money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government)

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Cashtroversy

garlinger626

Created by: garlinger626

Pronunciation: Cash-tro-versy

Sentence: At the end of the month as the bank balance ebbs towards the red, you can guarantee a cashtroversy or two.

Etymology: From cash and controversy

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Monetipathy

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Of course, they both knew that their argument had nothing to do with clothes but everything to do with monetipathy.

Etymology:

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Monemoanificate

Created by: grammatically

Pronunciation: mun-eh-MOHN-e-fi-cate

Sentence: There was no need to monemoanificate after Jim lost his paycheck.

Etymology: "mone" from the root MONEY; "moan" from the root MOANING; "ificate" from the root IFICATE MAKES THINGS SOUND FANCY

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Invisargurancy

IHeartKiwiTarts

Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: " in-vis-are-gue-ran-see"

Sentence: when my boyfriend is broke, we always end up in a state of invisargurancy.

Etymology: from the words invisible, argue and currency combined into a big mess of letters

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Pecunadillo

Created by: frippy

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: Derived from the Latin word pecunia (money) and combined with peccadillo (a trivial hang up)

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Palooza

Created by: afrochic

Pronunciation: pah loo zah

Sentence: "Tim and I were arguing yesterday." "Are you sure you guys werent having a palooza" "Come to think of it, maybe we were"

Etymology:

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niceeeee - afrochic, 2007-01-04: 19:19:00

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Boodlebrawl

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: boo-dle-brawl

Sentence: Bob and Betty Binder bet their boodle that Breakdown the Brown would best the bevy at Belmont, but the Bay broke through and Breakdown balked so the Binders were broke. Bob and Betty broke for the bar, however the booze made them bicker and battle about the bills, bringing the biggest boodlebrawl the Belmont had ever beheld. Browsing bystanders bet on whether the Binders would be bounced from the bar or banned from the benches.

Etymology: boodle: slang for money + brawl: loud noisy argument

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