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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
Verboticisms
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Cashtroversy
Created by: fonka99
Pronunciation: Cash-tro-versy
Sentence: At the end of the month as the bank balance ebbs towards the red, you can guarantee a cashtroversy or two.
Etymology: From cash and controversy
Cashbash
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: KASH-bash
Sentence: I only asked when dinner would be ready, but soon Susan and I were in a full-fledged cashbash.
Etymology: cash (money, currency) + bash (hit or smite)
Petinagle
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: Pet-ee-neigh-gull
Sentence: They had a petinagle when they knew they were in debt.
Etymology: Korean
Counterfight
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'kaun-t&r-"fIt/
Sentence: Ostensibly, the argument was over doing chores around the house, but the married couple was really counterfighting about the fact that he didn't have a job.
Etymology: From counterfeit + fight. Also usable as a noun ("a nasty counterfight") and as an adjective ("a counterfight argument").
Palooza
Created by: afrochic
Pronunciation: pah loo zah
Sentence: "Tim and I were arguing yesterday." "Are you sure you guys werent having a palooza" "Come to think of it, maybe we were"
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
niceeeee - afrochic, 2007-01-04: 19:19:00
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Cashscrap
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: cash-scrap
Sentence: Ever since they they bought their new dream house, Annie and Bob have been in an endless cashscrap.
Etymology: cash + scrap
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COMMENTS:
Scrappy word. - Nosila, 2009-08-11: 01:32:00
Thanks! - jrogan, 2009-08-11: 07:33:00
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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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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
Boodlebrawl
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: boo-dle-brawl
Sentence: Bob and Betty Binder bet their boodle that Breakdown the Brown would best the bevy at Belmont, but the Bay broke through and Breakdown balked so the Binders were broke. Bob and Betty broke for the bar, however the booze made them bicker and battle about the bills, bringing the biggest boodlebrawl the Belmont had ever beheld. Browsing bystanders bet on whether the Binders would be bounced from the bar or banned from the benches.
Etymology: boodle: slang for money + brawl: loud noisy argument
Shortfallout
Created by: kyotonils
Pronunciation: (self-evident)
Sentence: We had another shortfallout last night when.
Etymology: shortfall+fallout
