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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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Ashvaporate
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: ash-vap-or-ate
Sentence: Paul (hungover, midst bottles, cans and other debris) "Thish room is ashfixiating - smellsh like a gorillash armpit and we needa clear up. Gisha hand ashvaporating these butts, huh?"
Etymology: ash (dregs of cigarette) + (eva)porate (convert into vapour)
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)
Buttinhole
Created by: jonzerofourteen
Pronunciation: buh-tin-hohl
Sentence: Bob’s determination to give up smoking was admirable. He took a final draw of his cigarette and threw it to the ground theatrically. This, for sure, would be his last buttinhole.
Etymology: Butt (stub of a cigarette) + in (situation or place with respect to space) + hole (an opening through something)
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COMMENTS:
brilliant :) - galwaywegian, 2011-01-14: 04:26:00
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Combuttstion
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: com-butt-styun
Sentence: When your discarded cigarette ends just suddenly burn themselves away to nothing -- that's called spontaneous combuttsion
Etymology: combustion (burn) + butt (cigarette end)
Dislittigation
Created by: santasassassin
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: The taking away of litter.
Buttsablivious
Created by: lebeast
Pronunciation: butts - ah - bliv- ee- us
Sentence: After the roof top perch caught on fire from her buttsablivious way of thinking, she wondered who would have done such a thing.
Etymology: butts + oblivious
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)
Biodigarette
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: bīō-d-ig-a-ret
Sentence: Peter threw his fag end to the floor, assuming it would eventually biodegarette.
Etymology: biodegrade + cigarette
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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Concigquence
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation: con - sig - quence
Sentence: They just don't understand the concigquences
Etymology: consequence + cigarette