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DEFINITION: v. To have a big fight over nothing, that is really a fight about money. n. An argument about money
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Currenseethe
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: cur-en-seethe
Sentence: Jim and Jane spent the night currenseething after he brought home a puppy with a spot shaped like a dollar sign.
Etymology: currency + seethe
Gilttrip
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: GILT-trip
Sentence: After Jim quit his job, he and Rhonda gilttripped every night over which fast-food place they would eat at.
Etymology: gilt + guilt trip
Fracash
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fra/ca/sh
Sentence: They had a huge fracash that escalated to whipping coins at each other. For weeks after they sported the queen's face on their temples.
Etymology: fracas + cash
Pecuniate
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: peck cune ee ate
Sentence: All I said was, "Why did you have to buy the dress?" I don't want to pecuniate with you.
Etymology: from the Latin "pecunia" for money (I think)
Lucrement
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: luke-ra-meant
Sentence: The couple downstairs were having a lucrement... it was just making me crazy.
Etymology: Lucre-money Argument-fight
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COMMENTS:
- erasmus, 2007-01-04: 05:07:00
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Moolahaha
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: moōlähähä
Sentence: Jill says she is not a control freak but every time Jack spends money without checking with her first there is a moolahaha.
Etymology: moolah (money) + brouhaha (a noisy and overexcited critical response)
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COMMENTS:
Funny -- great word! - mrskellyscl, 2009-08-10: 14:59:00
clever - mweinmann, 2009-08-11: 07:45:00
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Currencybashing
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: currency bashing
Sentence: The bills piled up; no matter what he said, she currencybashed him, due to her stress level from robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Etymology: currency= money bashing = beat up
Econargument
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: eck-on-arr-gyoo-ment
Sentence: many couples seem to be econarguing lately.
Etymology: economics (money) plus argument
Buckerfool
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: buck-er-fool
Sentence: All we ever do is buckerfool, can't we just get along for once?
Etymology: Several choices have been offered to explain the etymology of this word, but the most common states it is a combination of the word 'buck' for money or for the violent movements of some animals, and fool, someone who fights or acts stupid. Plus, as an a
Coinflict
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: koyn flikt
Sentence: Every argument that Stan and Betty had was a coinflict over finances, or lack of them. Stan thought that money grew on trees and Betty was the tree surgeon.
Etymology: Coin (metal piece used as money) & Conflict (an open lash between two opposing sides)
