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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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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
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.
Nicotime
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: nick-oh-TIME
Sentence: Jim tossed his half-smoked Marlboro to the ground and mashed it with the heel of his boot. He detested litter, but of course the cigarette would disappear in the nicotime.
Etymology: nicotine + nick of time
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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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: mweinmann
Pronunciation: butt - oh - dee - graa - d - abel
Sentence: Melissa threws hundreds of butts a week on sidewalks, streets, curbs and driveways; all in the belief that they were buttodegradable. She did not think that she was contributing to the trash heap that is forming beneath and beside us.
Etymology: butt, biodegradable
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
Weedwhomping
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: weed/womp/ing
Sentence: Her red-leather, open-toed pumps with high arch support, although perfect for weedwhomping, did little to hide a heavy-duty case of halitosis.
Etymology: weed = slang expression for a cigarette + whomping = synonymous with stomping it to death without resorting to smoke & mirror techniques
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
