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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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Tiffinance
Created by: r0b0tj0n3z
Pronunciation: tiff-in-inse
Sentence: Having a tiffinance is always about the money.
Etymology: tiff, finance
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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₣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
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"
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)
Monattack
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: m-aw-nuh-t-ah-k
Sentence: They had a huge monattack.
Etymology: monetary+attack
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
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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