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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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Prestibuttitate
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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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
Fagfairy
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: Fag-fare-ie
Sentence: Appearently, Roger thinks the fag-fairy will visit tonight.
Etymology: Fag (Slang for cigarettes)+fairy (Tooth fairy takes who take away lost teeth.)
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COMMENTS:
good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-30: 15:15:00
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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
Bioprestidigitation
Created by: hoylus
Pronunciation: bye oh press ti deegee tay schon.
Sentence:
Etymology: prestidigitation is slight of hand as used by magicians, bio suggests natural.
Shoawa
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: sho-wah
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Sho a wat? - egonschiela, 2007-01-25: 16:18:00
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Dislittigation
Created by: santasassassin
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: The taking away of litter.
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
Tobaccgone
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)
