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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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Petinagle
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: Pet-ee-neigh-gull
Sentence: They had a petinagle when they knew they were in debt.
Etymology: Korean
Monetearing
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: mon-eh-tear-ing
Sentence: When Sue overcooked the lobster, Bob started monetearing into her for ruining the expensive meal.
Etymology: monetary, tearing (into someone)
Tendertiff
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ten-der-tiff
Sentence: They were very fond of each other, yet had frequent tendertiffs on seemingly inane problems, the root cause being money.
Etymology: tender (legal tender = money and also gentle) + tiff (petty quarrel)
Smuckight
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the smuckfight we didn't talk for days - neither of us knew what to apologize for.
Etymology: smuck -for Smuckers from the Dane Cook bit and ight from fight
Debtonations
Created by: nonpossumus
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Their explosive arguments were debtonations hardly worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Etymology: Detonate
Cashclash
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: cash - klash
Sentence: Bill and Prissie's cashclash was resolved with make up sex and a desire to be more frugal.
Etymology: cash + clash
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
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)
Coinflict
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: coyn flikt
Sentence: Penny was mad because her hubby Buck was trying to nickel and dime her about shopping. The coinflict this time was because it was okay for him to buy a $500 HD TV at the Boxing Day Sales without her knowledge. But when she bought a lousy pair of shoes she badly needed or new shampoo, he railed at the expense. She was tired of the false economics...she scrimped on groceries, just so he could go out and buy a bigger toy! There was nothing wrong with the 4 other TV's they already had! "Next time", she vowed, "I am going to marry a man with a lot more cents!"
Etymology: Coin (a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money;form by stamping, punching, or printing;of phrases or words) & Conflict (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
