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DEFINITION: A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it's time to do the dishes.
Verboticisms
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Repapdisment
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: ree-pepe-dis-mint
Sentence: i forgot so i have a mojor case of repapdisent
Etymology: regret/ paperplate/ disapoint
Chorgument
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: chor-gyu-ment
Sentence: i arrived home from work to find the household deep in the throes of a chorgument
Etymology: chore, argument
Dishtasteful
Created by: doctathunder
Pronunciation: DISH-TASTE-ful
Sentence: the playful argument soon became dishtasteful when devin insisted on only washing his three plates and no one else's.
Etymology: Dish + Tasteful
Dishmocracy
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: dish-MOCK-rah-see
Sentence: Generally rotation worked in Josh's house, but occasionally dishmocracy overruled the schedule which always threw things into a tailspin.
Etymology: Democracy (mob rule) combined with dishes.
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COMMENTS:
I think there's a little bit of mocking in there too - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-06: 11:46:00
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Prodsomegastjuice
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: prod-some-gast-juice
Sentence: hahaha!! prod=produce, some=more, gast=gastric, juice=acid hahahaha, learn more bout difective system, hehehe
Etymology: produce some grastric juice
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COMMENTS:
learn more bout difective system, hehehe digestive**** i mean - leomar, 2007-09-17: 09:35:00
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Chorefare
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: chore-fare
Sentence: It was with a sense of foreboding that Ma entered the kitchen. Her offspring were in siege chorefare. Kelly was wedged in the pantry while Bob and Miranda heckled and jeered, threatening her with chopsticks until she promised to empty the dishwasher.
Etymology: chore + fare (of the hearty type) + warfare
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-06: 11:35:00
Great word with wider application. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-06: 18:11:00
Nice! Very Nice!! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:54:00
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Dishcord
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: dish-kawrd
Sentence: The family decided to buy a dishwasher after the dishcord following supper.
Etymology: Dish and cord from discord.
Discutlery
Created by: younger
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A sink full of dirty dishes often provides enough fodder for a heated discutlery.
Etymology:
Choregument
Created by: mattbear
Pronunciation: Chore-gew-ment
Sentence: I mentioned it was Billy's turn to do the dishes, and suddenly we had a choregument on our hands.
Etymology: Chore + argument = choregument
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COMMENTS:
I like the change to any chore, not just dishes! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:48:00
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Dishdishing
Created by: elcomputo
Pronunciation: Accent on the second dish.
Sentence: With all the dishdishing going on, they completely missed the Super Bowl.
Etymology: From the Indian word for cholera.
