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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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Cigracadabra
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sigrəkədabrə
Sentence: Too many smokers think that some sort of cigracadabra happens when they toss their spent butts to the ground.
Etymology: cigarette (a thin cylinder of finely cut tobacco rolled in paper for smoking) + abracadabra (a word said by magicians when performing a magic trick)
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
Ashtrayitis
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: ash - tray -itis
Sentence: Lucy's butts flew from her open car window because she suffered from the terrible disease known as ashtrayitis.
Etymology: Ashtray - that thing smokers should use to store their butts in. Itis - inflammation of, as in an allergy.
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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Marlburrow
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: marl bur roh
Sentence: when the smokers go to sleep, the marlburrow bunny comes out of his marlburrow with his little broom to brush the naughty little butts down to middle earth.
Etymology: marlboro burrow
Fagistination
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: fag-is-ti-nay-shun
Sentence: Don't worry about finding a bin once you stub them out fagistination will take care of them.
Etymology: fag -colloq. cigarette. istine- from phillistine-someone lacking in refinement. ation- suffix for action or process.
Abracadabutt
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ab/ruh/kuh/da/but
Sentence: After his last drag, he flicked his smoke, said abracadabutt and it was gone for good.
Etymology: abracadabra + butt
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COMMENTS:
very funny!!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-25: 09:09:00
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Discigtegration
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: diss-SIG-te-gray-shun
Sentence: It's always amazing to watch the process of discigtegration going on outside bars at about 2:15 AM.
Etymology: disintegration + cigarette
Buttodegradable
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: but oh de gray duh bull
Sentence: The median strip at the stop light has the look of a large ash tray, proof of the fallacy of buttodegradability
Etymology: butt = slang for cigarettes + degradability
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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