Verboticism: Cignorance

'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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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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Marlburrow

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: marl bur roh

Sentence: when the smokers go to sleep, the marlburrow bunny comes out of his marlburrow with his little broom to brush the naughty little butts down to middle earth.

Etymology: marlboro burrow

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Vanash

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: van ash

Sentence: her cigarette butts would vanash in a puff of smoke.

Etymology:

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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

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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

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Buttification

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: but-ti-fi-ca-tion

Sentence: Because she loved the park, Norma engaged in buttification every weekend so that visitors, especially the children, wouldn't have to put up with the sights and smells of tobacco waste.

Etymology: beautification: to make or become beautiful + butt: the discarded end of a cigarette.

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Floorcleaner

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: floor cleaner

Sentence: just put let it drop, i will call the floorcleaner

Etymology: floor and cleaner

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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:

protothor 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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Concigquence

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation: con - sig - quence

Sentence: They just don't understand the concigquences

Etymology: consequence + cigarette

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Fagistination

Created by: Maureen

Pronunciation: fag-is-ti-nay-shun

Sentence: Don't worry about finding a bin once you stub them out fagistination will take care of them.

Etymology: fag -colloq. cigarette. istine- from phillistine-someone lacking in refinement. ation- suffix for action or process.

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