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'Thank goodness these things are biodegradable!'

DEFINITION: n. A "natural process" which, smokers believe, makes cigarette butts magically disappear. v. To clean up someone else's butts.

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Fagrosion

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"fag-'rO-zh&n/

Sentence: Science has long studied the processes of erosion and corrosion, but the related phenomena of gumrosion and fagrosion are much less well understood.

Etymology: From fag (British slang for cigarette) + -rosion (to gnaw or eat away)

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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

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Cigerase

Created by: jbricandy

Pronunciation: Cig-erase

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

Etymology:

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Disintegrette

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: dis in tuh gret

Sentence: I was going to pick up the cigarette butt that my brother so rudely threw on the carpeted floor, but I was surprised when I saw it disintegrette right before my eyes!

Etymology: disintegrate + cigarette

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Disintokration

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: disintōkrāshən

Sentence: Just about every car sold in America is equipped with an ash tray. Many go unused because smokers believe in disintokration, that magic process by which their butts, wrappers and even packaging go up in smoke just like the cigs themselves. A quick flick of the wrist and all responsibility is done.

Etymology: disintegration (the process of coming to pieces) + toke (the drawing of a puff from a cigarette or pipe)

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COMMENTS:

Sadly, too true! Good Word. - Nosila, 2009-08-27: 15:21:00

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Tobaccorrosion

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Toe-back-co-roe-shun

Sentence: Benson said, "Duh! Everyone knows that cigarette ends tobaccorrode into natural substances. That's why the streets are so clean."

Etymology: Tobacco+corrosion. Tobacco: substance used to make cigarettes. Corrosion: dissolution by acid/alkali

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COMMENTS:

American spelling (perhaps more elegant) would be "tobaccorosion". I'd like to acknowledge ErWenn's "fagrosion" etymology which suggested this to me. - Discoveria, 2007-01-25: 09:16:00

Thanks. You got my vote. - ErWenn, 2007-01-26: 00:45:00

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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)

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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

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Disinterette

Created by: SkyTheWolf

Pronunciation: /duh sint uh reht/

Sentence: John thought the Disinterette would disappear into the ground as soon as he left.

Etymology: Disinte is short for Disintegrate, and ette is short for ciggerette.

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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

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