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Tiff

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1753, OED Evaluation: Colloquial

A slight or petty quarrel; a temporary ill-humoured disagreement; a ‘breeze’; sometimes applied to a more serious quarrel.

ExampleMeaning
So we had a lot of fun playing together, we go across the road. Of course you'd have your little tiffs and- and you'd have your- your good times and we had a lot of fun.
A small fight usually between good friends
ExampleMeaning
Yeah, he's- anyways, we were- I was mixing and he got mad because he wanted to mix for Alan. I said "No, it's my equipment, I'm mixing." So we got a little tiff and we had to get Alan to come and settle it for us, so. I won. I- I got to mix for him. Todd ran away pouting.
A small fight usually between good friends
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: ...everybody in town ah so sorry- in Swastika knew each other and then was there any- any fights, any disagreements or just- Speaker: Oh well same as always. Just little tiffs and-thing-like-that.
A small fight usually between good friends