Handbags at dawn 

A catty fight. Derives from the more traditional "pistols at dawn", but with the selection of weapon implying that the participants are of the weaker sex. Works especially well if they're actually male.

"Dave and Bill just couldn't agree on which boy band was their favorite. Before we knew it, things got out of hand and it was time for handbags at dawn!"

Handbags at dawn by gweilo8888 October 14, 2008

handbags 

Mainly British. A pointless and worthless argument, deriving from the image of old ladies having a handbag (purse) fight at the bus stop.

"Oh, put your handbags away".

handbags by Ulukai December 16, 2003

dancing round handbags 

Reminiscent of the 1980s discos, a group, usually females, placing their handbags on the floor in a disco and dancing round them in a circle waiting for something to happen, with no plan other to dance until something happens, or more likely someone askes them to dance.

It was the two hours since the meeting started and no progress had been made and the chairmen said we needed to stop dancing round handbags and make a decision.

dancing round handbags by Jebelhasher May 9, 2022

handbags 

Derives from trying to type "Hahaha" with Swype on a touchscreen smart phone. The term is flexible and can be appended with other additions, such as "holy handbags" or "Oh my handbags."

Holy handbags, I just saw a homeless dude chug a whole bottle of MD 20/20, then grab his junk.

handbags by Scooteronomy December 4, 2010