bun fight

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bun fight

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From bun + fight, alluding to people fighting at mealtime.

noun bun fights · bunfight · bun-fight

  1. idiomatic A debate or disagreement, usually with several parties involved, often political in nature. "Our interest in the thing is all lackadaisical, a kind of bun-fight of pet notions. There's no real steam."
  2. UK, slang A formal tea party or other social gathering, especially one at which food is served. ... a party - afternoon bunfight, you know. A lot of young men in long frock-coats glued to the door-posts, so limp, poor things, and all the women drinking tea by themselves and longing for the young men.

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