wringle-wrangle

== English == === Etymology === From wrangle by ablaut reduplication. === Pronunciation === === Noun === wringle-wrangle (countable and uncountable, plural wringle-wrangles) (slang) A verbal argument. 1996, compiled by Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker's Dictionary, page 453, definition of troglodyte: A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing environment. The combination ITS troglodyte was flung around some during the Usenet and email wringle-wrangle attending the 2.x.x revision of the Jargon File; at least one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with pride. === Verb === wringle-wrangle (third-person singular simple present wringle-wrangles, present participle wringle-wrangling, simple past and past participle wringle-wrangled) (slang) To argue. === Synonyms === argle-bargle === References ===