Is there an expression to refer to an argument / word fight between lovers (or any two people who are an item, whether married or single)? I'm thinking about those arguments that arise from small things and seem to raise hell for a few hours, or a few days, and end up vanishing into thin air because they were really about something silly or insignificant (or, more likely, because of some insecurity blowing insignificant matters into ungodly proportions).
Something in the sense of: They couldn't live apart for five seconds, constantly declaring their undying love, and yet every other week there they were in the throes of yet another 'lover's argument'.
Best Answer
How about lover's squabble?
From Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster:
NOTE on @k1eran's answer:
Interestingly, Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster define tiff as follows:
So, according to Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster, squabble and tiff mean more or less the same thing.
Turning to Oxford Dictionaries, one finds the following:
I wonder why the definition of tiff in Oxford Dictionaries references friends/lovers while the definitions in Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster do not.