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Cashclash
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: cash + clash
Sentence: Whenever Craig started to line up his pennies along the kitchen counter top making a long line all the way down and across the kitchen floor, Wanda knew she was in for one doozie of a cashclash with him.
Etymology: cash + clash
Disagreenment
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dis/a/green/ment
Sentence: Their only squabbles were disagreenments. He wanted to spend the money on one thing, her another.
Etymology: disagree + green
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COMMENTS:
great word. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-17: 04:15:00
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Altercashion
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: All-turr-kay-shen [or] All-turr-ka-shen
Sentence: It was hard to determine her statement "Can't you take better care of our dog!" was an altercashion. My first clue was that we didn't have a dog.
Etymology: Altercation (a fight) + cash (money)
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COMMENTS:
love the word! - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 14:43:00
really? or is that just the start of a billibuster! =D - ziggy41, 2007-07-16: 16:05:00
hmm - I detect a bit of sarcasm - maybe make that the start of a ballibuster - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 16:17:00
sounds more like an alterriercashion - galwaywegian, 2007-07-17: 04:17:00
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Monattack
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: m-aw-nuh-t-ah-k
Sentence: They had a huge monattack.
Etymology: monetary+attack
Warrien
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: war - ri - en
Sentence: The fight that started over whos turn it was to do the dishes quickly escalated into a full-blown warrien. She wanted a complete kitchen remodel, while he wanted a live-in swedish nanny/housekeeper. Of course, they didn't have the money for either.
Etymology: war + rien (French - nothing)
Chachingument
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: cha ching gew ment
Sentence:
Etymology:
Clashout
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: clash-out
Sentence: What started as Mandy's request for her husband to put the cap back on the toothpaste after brushing soon turned into a clashout over him being passed over for a promotion at work for not smiling enough in front of customers.
Etymology: "lashout" + "cash"; also, "cash" + "blowout"
Fiscalcuffs
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: fiss-cul-cufs
Sentence: when the electricity bill arrived he knew they were in for another round of fiscalcuffs
Etymology: fiscal, fisticuffs
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COMMENTS:
sounds like a late night frisky treasury meeting - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 16:20:00
Better than those darn French cuffs, that's for sure. - Osomatic, 2007-07-16: 23:09:00
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Comanamy
Created by: Firrehawk99
Pronunciation: Come-on-a-me
Sentence: Oh that is just "comonamy"
Etymology:
Dispucashe
Created by: irminem
Pronunciation: dis-poo-cash
Sentence: The young married couple usually dispucashe about each other's spending habits.
Etymology: dispu- from the word "dispute" cashe-from the word "cash"
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COMMENTS:
Complain? - Firrehawk99, 2007-07-16: 22:47:00
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