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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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Chorefare

petaj

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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Yescussion

skepsis

Created by: skepsis

Pronunciation: yes-kussion

Sentence: Mark died in the fight that our yescussion led to.

Etymology: yell and discussion

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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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Dishspute

Created by: Screamer

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Every night after dinner the family would erupt into a violent dishspute over the cleaning process

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

got my vote although I would have spelled it dishpute - FreeToys, 2007-09-06: 07:56:00

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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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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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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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Dishcussion

Created by: Poeiden

Pronunciation: dish-cussion

Sentence: Dishcussions always took place at our neighbour's place, I was tempted to get a dishwasher for them to reduce the noise level.

Etymology: dish + discussion

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Choregument

mattbear

Created by: mattbear

Pronunciation: Chore-gew-ment

Sentence: I mentioned it was Billy's turn to do the dishes, and suddenly we had a choregument on our hands.

Etymology: Chore + argument = choregument

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COMMENTS:

I like the change to any chore, not just dishes! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:48:00

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Dishdishing

Created by: elcomputo

Pronunciation: Accent on the second dish.

Sentence: With all the dishdishing going on, they completely missed the Super Bowl.

Etymology: From the Indian word for cholera.

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