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

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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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Complain? - Firrehawk99, 2007-07-16: 22:47:00

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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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great word. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-17: 04:15:00

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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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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)

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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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Expendorture

Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: ex pen dor chur

Sentence: It was in that moment Vincent finally explained his story. “It wasn’t my fault. Julius insisted I buy the umbrellas, since he was the only one who knew where the farm was. If we didn’t hurry, the Brothers would get there first!” The expendorture continued into the morning hours, but love had the last word.

Etymology: expenditure + torture

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COMMENTS:

to be continued... - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 14:45:00

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

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Coinradrage

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: coyne/rad/rage

Sentence: This whole Conrad Black trial is really just coinradrage.

Etymology: coin + rage + Conrad Black

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Dollarholler

Created by: Gladbags

Pronunciation: Doll-Err-Holl-Err

Sentence: We fought again, another dollerholler - He's always going on about money!

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