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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
Moneyynotion
Created by: tvinna
Pronunciation: money-y-no-tion
Sentence: "now dont get me started on your moneyynotion"
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
cool word - tvinna, 2007-07-16: 14:08:00
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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
Comanamy
Created by: Firrehawk99
Pronunciation: Come-on-a-me
Sentence: Oh that is just "comonamy"
Etymology:
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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Montling
Created by: Dustinisdean2007
Pronunciation: Mon-ta-ling
Sentence: A man and a woman are montling over a sock.
Etymology: "Mon" stands for "Money", "t" comes from "Battle", "ling" stands for "Doing".
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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Chachingument
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: cha ching gew ment
Sentence:
Etymology:
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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