argy-bargy
noun/ˌɑːdʒi ˈbɑːdʒi/
/ˌɑːrdʒi ˈbɑːrdʒi/
[uncountable, countable] (plural argy-bargies)
(British English, informal)- noisy argumentMore Like This Reduplicative wordsReduplicative wordsTopics Opinion and argumentc2Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally Scots): rhyming jingle based on argue.
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