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DEFINITION: A "natural process" which, smokers believe, makes cigarette butts magically disappear.
Verboticisms
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Osmoksis
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: oz-mohk-sis
Sentence: Thank goodness for osmoksis, otherwise the streets and beaches would be littered with cigarette butts.
Etymology: osmosis, smoke
Nixotine
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: nix-oh-teen
Sentence: he happily dopped his butts on the ground because he knew that thanks to nixotine, it would disappear
Etymology: nicotine, nix
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COMMENTS:
darn silent r - petaj, 2007-07-31: 06:32:00
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Abracadabutt
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ab/ruh/kuh/da/but
Sentence: After his last drag, he flicked his smoke, said abracadabutt and it was gone for good.
Etymology: abracadabra + butt
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COMMENTS:
A little presticigitation hey! - petaj, 2007-07-30: 03:23:00
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Marlborot
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: marl-bo-rot
Sentence: Marlborot is a natural process resulting in a painful death after years of hacking coughs, and chest pains. Unfortunately sufferers of Marlborot also commonly experience a lack of oxygen to the brain. This in turn has resulted in a strange group faith that marlborot is actually the natural biodegradation of cigarette butts.
Etymology: Marlboro (brand of ciggies - Yul said "Don't smoke, whatever you do, just don't smoke") + rot (decomposition)
Draggone
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: drag/gone
Sentence: One of the marvels of modern science is the development of the draggone, a cigarette that disappears as soon as the butt is dropped.
Etymology: drag + gone
Dicigtegration
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: dihs-sihg-tuh-GRAY-shuhn
Sentence: Alex's attempt at a romantic picnic failed miserably, as his idea of spreading out a picnic blanket collided with the beliefs in dicigtegration of previous picnickers.
Etymology: disintegration + cigarette
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COMMENTS:
Hmm- sorry a little boxlexia. See my comment on the main page. - petaj, 2007-07-30: 03:25:00
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Stickflicking
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Stik-flik-king
Sentence: Bobby and his buddies had a great time fishing at the lake, but when they got home, they discovered every fish they caught contained several cigarette butts, which made them yet again victims of inconsiderate stickflicking.
Etymology: Stick (cigarette) + flicking (launching a burning cigarette nub from an open car window, boat deck, observation tower, etc...)
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COMMENTS:
now I understand my aversion to smoked salmon - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-30: 11:20:00
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Whiftosis
Created by: ChristopherAndersen
Pronunciation: wiff TOE sis
Sentence: Whaddya think, they just disappear by whiftosis?
Etymology: from "whiff," a puff of wind or smoke, or an odor; and "-osis," a process.
Butbuttgo
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: but-butt-go
Sentence: Butbuttgo is a myth that can easily be disproven with a shovel outside any non-smoking restaurant's front door.
Etymology: "But, the butt (somehow) goes (away)."
Comments:
petaj - 2007-07-30: 03:22:00
They really decigrated the spot!
Kyoti - 2007-07-30: 14:10:00
Isn't decigrating when you shred ten blocks of cheese at the same time?