And this will make a lot of people happy that we seem to be through with the ologist words.  

Altercation comes from the Latin words altercari (angry contention with words) and altercatio (dispute, debate, discuss) and came into Middle English as altercate and altercation.   

22 minutes ago, Bill W said:

And this will make a lot of people happy that we seem to be through with the ologist words.  

Except that the result of an altercation can be needing the services of one of the ologists and can even come to the attention of a criminologist.

Sorry! @Myr do you have somewhere I can hide?

It seemed to work for the ologist words, so what the hey?

Just the facts:

Altercation Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

2 minutes ago, Paladin said:

Except that the result of an altercation can be needing the services of one of the ologists and can even come to the attention of a criminologist.

Sorry! @Myr do you have somewhere I can hide?

@Myrhas just been needling you with all the ologist words, so maybe you'd be better off with a seamstress or a stitchologist.  

11 minutes ago, Bill W said:

@Myrhas just been needling you with all the ologist words, so maybe you'd be better off with a seamstress or a stitchologist.  

OK. I've been stitched up.

5 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Does this mean you saved nine?

I just hope it was in time.

1 minute ago, Paladin said:

I just hope it was in time.

 Yes, you save us from nine more ologist words.  

I wish the altercations at the places I worked at would be "quickly resolved." 🤣