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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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Scotchfite
Created by: faithlessphil
Pronunciation: skotch-fyte
Sentence: Jimmy always ate quickly, trying to leave the table before the inevitable scotchfite broke out.
Etymology: Scotch from "Scotchbrite" (popular brand of dishwashing scrub pads) + fite (fight)
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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Washinguppityness
Created by: movingtomontana
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Can we please finish dinner without another episode of washinguppityness?
Etymology: Washing Up and Uppity
Dishagreement
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: dish-uh-gree-ment
Sentence: The simple dishagreement turned into an all out war.
Etymology: dish + disagreement
Sinkirmish
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
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
Yescussion
Created by: skepsis
Pronunciation: yes-kussion
Sentence: Mark died in the fight that our yescussion led to.
Etymology: yell and discussion
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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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
Discutlery
Created by: younger
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A sink full of dirty dishes often provides enough fodder for a heated discutlery.
Etymology: