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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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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
Dislittigation
Created by: santasassassin
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: The taking away of litter.
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)
Smotheritigration
Created by: protothor
Pronunciation: smuh-thur-it-uh-gray-shun
Sentence: Lucky that cigarette butts smotheritagrate , or else we might be polluting the environment. =o
Etymology: Smother it; a semi-common command directed at smokers who recently dropped their cigarette butts on the ground. igration; coming from 'desinigration', or the natural process by which things decay.
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
Buttbustion
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: but/bust/shun
Sentence: Buttbustion is the naturally occurring process by which cigarette butts magically disappear down sidewalk cracks
Etymology: butt + combustion
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COMMENTS:
A bit too common for my tastes. - protothor, 2007-01-25: 16:47:00
cockup tease is too racy and now buttbustion is too common - can't please everyone protothor - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-25: 18:21:00
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Stubrub
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: stub-rub
Sentence: As the only nonsmoker, George watched the stubrub process in awe, thinking to himself what little it did for the sidewalk.
Etymology: Stub [the final remnants of a smoked cigarette] + Rub [To remove by pressure and friction]
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2011-01-15: 07:00:00
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Buttification
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.
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
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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