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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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Buttsumption
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: but-sum-shun
Sentence: If it weren't for buttsumption, the lawn outside the hospital would be made up of cigarette remains entirely.
Etymology: cigraette butt + consumption
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.
Tobacgo
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: to bak go
Sentence: Virginia Slims reckoned that the cigarette butts she chucked would blow off into the air and recycle themselves. That's why they were actually known as tobacgo leaves.
Etymology: Tobacco (leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking) & Go (stop operating or functioning)
Debuttal
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dee-but-al
Sentence: Clarence seemed to think his discarded smokes were magically absorbed by nature and was oblivious to the debuttal efforts of those around him.
Etymology: de: prefix meaning to remove or undo. butt: slang for cigarette al: suffix - having the properties or characteristics
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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Bioputrifacation
Created by: TrJoshB
Pronunciation: bi-oh-pew-tri-fak-eh-shun
Sentence: It's ok to throw you cigarette butts out the window, they are bioputrifacatable.
Etymology: biology + putrefy + fag + decompisition
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COMMENTS:
Interesting use of anti-smoking regalia with this oen. - protothor, 2007-01-25: 16:48:00
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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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Dislittigation
Created by: santasassassin
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: The taking away of litter.
Vanash
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: van ash
Sentence: her cigarette butts would vanash in a puff of smoke.
Etymology:
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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