Verboticisms

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: nick-oh-TIME

Sentence: Jim tossed his half-smoked Marlboro to the ground and mashed it with the heel of his boot. He detested litter, but of course the cigarette would disappear in the nicotime.

Etymology: nicotine + nick of time

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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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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: but-ti-fi-ca-tion

Sentence: Because she loved the park, Norma engaged in buttification every weekend so that visitors, especially the children, wouldn't have to put up with the sights and smells of tobacco waste.

Etymology: beautification: to make or become beautiful + butt: the discarded end of a cigarette.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: dee-but-al

Sentence: Clarence seemed to think his discarded smokes were magically absorbed by nature and was oblivious to the debuttal efforts of those around him.

Etymology: de: prefix meaning to remove or undo. butt: slang for cigarette al: suffix - having the properties or characteristics

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: era/stub

Sentence: John was a smoker, and left his stubs all over the flat. Unfortunately, since the erastub hadn't kicked in yet, he had to clean the floor himself!

Etymology: erase + stub

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: van ash

Sentence: her cigarette butts would vanash in a puff of smoke.

Etymology:

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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

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: dis in tuh gret

Sentence: I was going to pick up the cigarette butt that my brother so rudely threw on the carpeted floor, but I was surprised when I saw it disintegrette right before my eyes!

Etymology: disintegrate + cigarette

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Created by: paperhoard

Pronunciation: press-tee-butt-i-tate

Sentence: With a quick flick of the finger and fluttering of the hands, Charles used prestibuttitation to make the cigarette butt almost disappear.

Etymology: prestidigitate + butt

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COMMENTS:

Impressive! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-25: 07:14:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: to bak gawn

Sentence: When Diane DuMaurier met Peter Jackson, it was love at first sight. Their first date was at a Matinee and afterwards they went to the Lucky Strike Bowling Alley. He puffed away, one cigarette after another and seemed to think all the butts would evaporate away in a tobaccgone process. When she realized he left a mess behind, she ran off with the Marlboro Man. Peter thought that took a lot of Gauloise to do such a thing. They were last seen trying to Export A Camel.

Etymology: Tobacco (leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion) & Gone (having all been spent;away;former)

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