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DEFINITION: n. A "natural process" which, smokers believe, makes cigarette butts magically disappear. v. To clean up someone else's butts.
Verboticisms
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Flicknesia
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: flick-nee-shia
Sentence: Bill suffered from flicknesia and thought that his butts would not be litter if he forgot about them.
Etymology: flick + amnesia
Buttodegradable
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: butt - oh - dee - graa - d - abel
Sentence: Melissa threws hundreds of butts a week on sidewalks, streets, curbs and driveways; all in the belief that they were buttodegradable. She did not think that she was contributing to the trash heap that is forming beneath and beside us.
Etymology: butt, biodegradable
Cigarbage
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: see-gar-bage
Sentence: Jonathan inhaled deeply, while his girlfriend complained (again) about the cigarbage on their living floor. He dropped his cigarette to the floor and carefully stubbed it out. Then he turned to her letting out a puff of smoke, and said, "What garbage? I don't see garbage."
Etymology: cigar + garbage
Fagic
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: fadge ick
Sentence: and as if by fagic it was stuck to the bottom of her shoe and Mary thought it had disappeared.What she forgot to notice was that her shoes had been slowly getting taller and now had a 3 inch platforms of butts.
Etymology: from fag an English word for a cigarette and magic
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COMMENTS:
This made me laugh. I think the sentence could use a bit of work, but it's a great word. - protothor, 2007-01-25: 16:50:00
Yeah, it is great word! - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 00:52:00
English born and bred but still I can't get a hold of the language properly. There is no hope for me as a writer. - erasmus, 2007-01-26: 04:05:00
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Marlborogenesis
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: mahrl-bore-oh-GEN-uh-sis
Sentence: Thanks to marlborogenesis, the world is filled with little yellow flowers. I try to do my part.
Etymology: Marlboro + (partheno)genesis
Recybuttle
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ree-sahy-buht-l
Sentence: Far too many smokers use the Earth as their ashtray. They believe that they don't have to pick up their lazy butts and deal with their nasty butts. Somehow they will recybuttle themselves. Worse yet they will justify their action claiming that they are helping to employ the poor schlub who cleans up after them.
Etymology: recycle (to undergo reuse or renewal; be subject to or suitable for further use, activity, etc) + butt (an end that is not used or consumed; remnant; cigarette)
Buttgone
Created by: marciamellotaco
Pronunciation: B-uh-t-guh-ah-n
Sentence: We always make sure we do a little buttgone after smoking.
Etymology:
Noifsorbutts
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: no-ifs-or-butts
Sentence: after studying the science behind noifsorbutts, Kevin was suitably satisfied that this process was indeed 'natural' and 'magical' at the same time
Etymology: [cigarette]butts, no ifs or buts
Reekology
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: reek-awl-oh-gee
Sentence: As a lifelong smoker, I can attest first-hand to the natural reekology that keeps our waste in harmony with mother Earth.
Etymology: reek = to stink + ecology = study of environmental interaction
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COMMENTS:
An OK word - allwise, 2007-01-25: 02:57:00
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Weedwhomping
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: weed/womp/ing
Sentence: Her red-leather, open-toed pumps with high arch support, although perfect for weedwhomping, did little to hide a heavy-duty case of halitosis.
Etymology: weed = slang expression for a cigarette + whomping = synonymous with stomping it to death without resorting to smoke & mirror techniques