argle-bargle

== English == === Etymology === First documented in English in 1822, from Scots (where first recorded in 1808), from earlier argle (“argue obstinately, wrangle”) used in English since 16th century, presumably from argue +‎ -le (frequentative suffix), though possibly from Old Norse (Suio-Gothic) ierga – possibly influenced by haggle – plus rhyming reduplication, possibly from bargain, found in early variant aurgle-bargain (1720). === Noun === argle-bargle (countable and uncountable, plural argle-bargles) (slang) A verbal argument. 2013, United States v. Windsor, 544 U.S. 744, 799 (2013) (Scalia, J., dissenting) As I have said, the real rationale of today’s opinion, whatever disappearing trail of its legalistic argle-bargle one chooses to follow, is that DOMA is motivated by '"bare . . . desire to harm"' couples in same-sex marriages. === Verb === argle-bargle (third-person singular simple present argle-bargles, present participle argle-bargling, simple past and past participle argle-bargled) (slang) To argue. === Synonyms === wringle-wrangle === Derived terms === argle-bargle morble whoosh === Related terms === argie-bargie argy-bargy argol-bargol === References ===