Verboticisms

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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Created by: jbricandy

Pronunciation: Cig-erase

Sentence: She dropped her cigarette and expected it to cigerase by itself.

Etymology:

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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

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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

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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)

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Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: ash-trot

Sentence: With a flick of his wrist, and a quick ashtrot, the cigarette was squished under his foot and gone forever.

Etymology: ashtray, putting out a cigarette butt with the foot

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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)

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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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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)

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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)

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