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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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Cignorance
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: sig-no-rinse
Sentence: His cignorance blocked the mess of butts that littered the floor of his car.
Etymology: Cigarette + ignorance
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COMMENTS:
Perhaps a better pronunciation guide would be 'sig-no-rinse' - protothor, 2007-01-25: 16:53:00
Thanks protothor... - johnnyrockett, 2007-01-25: 19:56:00
Hey johnny, Great word! There are a lot of cignorant people hanging around the front door of my office. - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:19:00
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Osmoksis
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ah-smok-sis
Sentence: Flippantly flipping her cigarette butt out the window, Sue mistakenly thought it would disappear in a few days through the magical process of osmoksis, or perhaps the other mythical process, cigarotte.
Etymology: osmosis, smoke
Erastub
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
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)
Cigerase
Created by: jbricandy
Pronunciation: Cig-erase
Sentence: She dropped her cigarette and expected it to cigerase by itself.
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
Nicotime
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
Disinterette
Created by: SkyTheWolf
Pronunciation: /duh sint uh reht/
Sentence: John thought the Disinterette would disappear into the ground as soon as he left.
Etymology: Disinte is short for Disintegrate, and ette is short for ciggerette.
