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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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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)

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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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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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Dishagreement

Created by: graypenguin

Pronunciation: dish-uh-gree-ment

Sentence: The simple dishagreement turned into an all out war.

Etymology: dish + disagreement

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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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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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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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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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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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Discutlery

Created by: younger

Pronunciation:

Sentence: A sink full of dirty dishes often provides enough fodder for a heated discutlery.

Etymology:

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