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DEFINITION: To have a big fight over nothing, that is really a fight about money.

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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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Profidicament

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: pra-fi-dic-a-ment

Sentence: as soon as she started yelling I knew we were in a profidicament

Etymology: profit(money) + Perdicament

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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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Monattack

Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: m-aw-nuh-t-ah-k

Sentence: They had a huge monattack.

Etymology: monetary+attack

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Billibuster

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: bill/i/bust/ur

Sentence: Jill was a seasoned billibuster. Her stand on spending escalated into fights involving whipping each other with five dollar bills. That was pretty ineffectual so they tossed coins instead.

Etymology: bill (as in dollar) + filibuster (opponent deliberately hindering the passage of a bill) + bustup (fight)

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COMMENTS:

Nothing says "What were you thinking?" like swinging a bag of nickels on a Friday night. - Kyoti, 2007-07-16: 13:23:00

[No one got hurt in the making of that sentence] great word - ziggy41, 2007-07-16: 16:03:00

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Yellucre

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: yell + ook + er

Sentence: She was complaining about the laundry, but it was really just another yellucre.

Etymology: yell + lucre

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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

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Argumony

Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: are-gue-mon-ee

Sentence: Regardless of whether their differences were about the kids, the house or the family pet, any issue turned into argumony when assisted by both parties' lawyers.

Etymology: argue + money + alimony

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COMMENTS:

funny but sad - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 16:18:00

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Bickerbucker

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: BIHK-ur-buhk-ur

Sentence: Alex's girlfriend bickerbuckered with him all the way from their date. He wondered why she considered the Freezy Dreem a cheap date, when he ponied up for the *chocolate-dipped* cones.

Etymology: bicker + buck (one US dollar). Reduplication connotes both duration and lack of severity.

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like something you'd hear while throttling up the Harley. Good word! - Kyoti, 2007-07-16: 13:28:00

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Tiffinance

Created by: r0b0tj0n3z

Pronunciation: tiff-in-inse

Sentence: Having a tiffinance is always about the money.

Etymology: tiff, finance

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