handbags

Etymology

 * in sense “fight”,, (1980s).

Noun

 * 1)  An insignificant fight or argument.
 * 2) * 2011, Daniel Sperling, Ant McPartlin: 'Pub scuffle was just handbags', Digital Spy
 * "It was just a scuffle in a pub, a bit of… handbags. Nine times out of ten, people are nice to us."
 * "It was just a scuffle in a pub, a bit of… handbags. Nine times out of ten, people are nice to us."

Interjection

 * 1)  Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
 * Person A: Not another cheeseburger, Marcia?
 * Person B: What's it to you?
 * Person A: Well, you're fat enough as it is.
 * Person B: You can talk!
 * Person C: Ooh - handbags ladies!