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DEFINITION: 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.

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Dishsent

Created by: rhowes

Pronunciation: dish-sent

Sentence: There was always a lot of dishsent in our home at supper wash up time.

Etymology: dish + dissent

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Dishteria

Created by: ericsimmons39

Pronunciation: dish-tear-e-yuh

Sentence: After dinner, my sister descended into the worst case of dishteria i've seen since thanksgiving 1994.

Etymology: Dish + Hysteria

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Dishclasher

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: dish + clash + er

Sentence: Every night, we get into a full blown dishclasher when it comes time to scrub the pots and pans.

Etymology: It's like putting a clash into a dishwasher! Set it and forget it!

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Kitchencounterattack

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: kit/chen/cown/ter/attak

Sentence: A full fledged kitchencounterattack occurred last night in a small town near here with knives,forks and plates flying through open windows and injuring passersby. A dishwasher has been installed to prevent further outbursts

Etymology: kitchen counter + counter attack

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Chorefare

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: chore-fare

Sentence: It was with a sense of foreboding that Ma entered the kitchen. Her offspring were in siege chorefare. Kelly was wedged in the pantry while Bob and Miranda heckled and jeered, threatening her with chopsticks until she promised to empty the dishwasher.

Etymology: chore + fare (of the hearty type) + warfare

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COMMENTS:

I like it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-06: 11:35:00

Great word with wider application. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-06: 18:11:00

Nice! Very Nice!! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:54:00

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Dishullabaloo

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dish-ulla-BA-loo

Sentence: There was nothing like a dish cloth for wiping the contented looks off the faces of Marita and Michael, Roxie and Bob's teenage children. For them that was a enough to start a dishowdown. Marita was potemical; Michael was clearly a misodishiac, and discussion always ended in a howling dishullabaloo with the dirty dishes remaining in the sink. Bob decided the solution was to buy a dishwasher rather than be one.

Etymology: Blend of dish & hullabaloo(uproar) Potemical (pot + polemical)

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COMMENTS:

excellent!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-06: 10:25:00

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Bladesofgory

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: blades/of/gory

Sentence: When the meal is done, they usually start an all out bladesofgory verbal attack on each other trying to determine the dish responsibility for that day.

Etymology: 'Blades of Glory'(the movie) and the use of entrenching tools (knives) in the form of words, to verbally stab each other to inflict guilt trying to convince each other to do the dishes.

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COMMENTS:

excellent imagery - petaj, 2007-09-06: 08:14:00