SCIAMACHY or SCIOMACHY

PRONUNCIATION: (sy-AM-uh-kee) (Also skiamachy (sky-))

MEANING: noun: A mock fight or a fight with an imaginary enemy.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek skiamachia, from skia (shadow) + -machia (battle). Earliest documented
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SCI-AMOCHY - indulging in a cup of coffee as you read your science magazine
SCI-AMACHY - fighting over the just-arrived issue; also, my magazine hurts

SCIATACHY - pain in the low back radiating down one or both legs

SOCIAMACHY - a flame war on a social internet platform