bun-fight

Noun

bun fight (plural bun fights)

1. (idiomatic) A debate or disagreement, usually with several parties involved, often political in nature.
   • "Our interest in the thing is all lackadaisical, a kind of bun-fight of pet notions. There's no real steam."1915, John Galsworthy, chapter 25, in The Freelands
2. (UK, slang) A formal tea party or other social gathering, especially one at which food is served.
   • ... a party - afternoon bunfight, you know. A lot of young men in long frock-coats glued to the door-posts, so limp, poor things, and all the women drinking tea by themselves and longing for the young men.1892, Campbell McKellar, “Judy on Society”, in A Jersey Witch, page 87