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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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Goldbicker

Created by: dimercurio

Pronunciation: gold-bih-ker

Sentence: We spent five hours goldbickering over whether she should buy that new pair of shoes.

Etymology: gold (English) + bicker (English)

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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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Argollarumb

Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: ar-gollar-um

Sentence: How many times do we have to argollarumb before we can get to the make up part?

Etymology: argue+dollar+dumb

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Pecuniate

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: peck cune ee ate

Sentence: All I said was, "Why did you have to buy the dress?" I don't want to pecuniate with you.

Etymology: from the Latin "pecunia" for money (I think)

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Gilttrip

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: GILT-trip

Sentence: After Jim quit his job, he and Rhonda gilttripped every night over which fast-food place they would eat at.

Etymology: gilt + guilt trip

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Moanypenny

Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: moan-e-penny

Sentence: Aw come on, let's not start the evening with a moanypenny; have a glass of wine instead.

Etymology: moan (miserable groan) and penny (with apologies to Miss Moneypenny).

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Pecunadillo

Created by: frippy

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

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Scrimplode

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: scrim-plode

Sentence: despite sticking to a tight budget, they still couldn't pay the phone bill... she knew tonight they may well scrimplode

Etymology: scrimp, implode

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Altercashion

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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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Monipulate

Created by: tangledupinblue

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Sentence: They monipulated for an hour about whether is was better to order pizza or Chinese, when it all came down to the extra two dollars the Chinese food would cost.

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