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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
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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Monattack
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: m-aw-nuh-t-ah-k
Sentence: They had a huge monattack.
Etymology: monetary+attack
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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₣nought
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: fnort
Sentence: Frank fnought with Nora although she had spent only ₣5 on her trip to Paris.
Etymology: fought + nought + symbol for Franc
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)
Fraydough
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: fray-doe
Sentence: His morning Starbucks fix eventually entangled him in a nasty fraydough with his wife.
Etymology: fray (fight), dough (money), and it rhymes with one of my favorite toys
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COMMENTS:
I thought you were going to say it rhymed with your favourite group - The Fray so here's a little ditty to stick in your head on this fine Monday "Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend la la la la la la la la Had I known how to save a life How to save a life" - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 11:07:00
You're too late. Julie Andrews has taken residence in my head and is currently crooning "My Favorite Things". - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-16: 11:21:00
And everyone knows I'm in over my head. - Kyoti, 2007-07-16: 15:28:00
I hope someone in the husband's home knows How to save a life. - ziggy41, 2007-07-16: 16:08:00
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Coinincident
Created by: MisUndrstd
Pronunciation: {Koin-in-si-duhnt}
Sentence: My cousin Joey "Big Cannoli" Romano (you know, my cousin Vinnie's brother from the Bronx). Started a fight Saturday night at "Vito's bar" on 5th and Vine. Joey said he didn't like how the guy looked at him. But Vinnie later told me that the guy's uncle owed Joey money.
Etymology: Coin (metal money) + incident (a situation) = Coinincident.
Pettyclash
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pet tee klaa sssh
Sentence: They had another pettyclash over his friday night plans. He thought they should drive a mile or so downwind of the open air concert so they could enjoy the music without any of the pushing and shoving involved in attending the concert in the stadium. She answered by attempting to neuter him with the compilation cd he picked up in the bargain bin at the supermarket earlier.
Etymology: petty cash clash.
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COMMENTS:
hopefully they were on their way to a Clash concert - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 11:17:00
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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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