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'But they're not my dishes!'

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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Sinkirmish

trioptimum

Created by: trioptimum

Pronunciation: sin-KUR-mish

Sentence: Ian tried to be somewhere else each night at the time of the regular household sinkirmish.

Etymology: sink + skirmish

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Repapdisment

Created by: leeannhamers

Pronunciation: ree-pepe-dis-mint

Sentence: i forgot so i have a mojor case of repapdisent

Etymology: regret/ paperplate/ disapoint

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Chorgument

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: chor-gyu-ment

Sentence: i arrived home from work to find the household deep in the throes of a chorgument

Etymology: chore, argument

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Dishension

Created by: torpid

Pronunciation: /dish-'en(t)-sh&n/

Sentence: After every meal in the Murphy household, dishension ensued as none of the children could agree whose turn it was to do the dishes.

Etymology: dish + dissension

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Dishcord

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: dish-kawrd

Sentence: The family decided to buy a dishwasher after the dishcord following supper.

Etymology: Dish and cord from discord.

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Dishturbance

Created by: earljw

Pronunciation: dish-TUR-bence

Sentence: I had to bang on the walls of my apartment because of the dishturbance next door, which happens every night at this time

Etymology: dish + disturbance

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Dishtasteful

Created by: doctathunder

Pronunciation: DISH-TASTE-ful

Sentence: the playful argument soon became dishtasteful when devin insisted on only washing his three plates and no one else's.

Etymology: Dish + Tasteful

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Dishpandemic

Created by: FreeToys

Pronunciation: dish-pan-dem'-ick

Sentence: Once they were full, the importance of food was diminished and a dishpandemic broke out over who would clean up the mess.

Etymology: dishpan/pandemic

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COMMENTS:

petaj Earplugs are good for dishpandemonium. - petaj, 2007-09-06: 08:18:00

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Washinguppityness

movingtomontana

Created by: movingtomontana

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Can we please finish dinner without another episode of washinguppityness?

Etymology: Washing Up and Uppity

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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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