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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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Fagfairy
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: Fag-fare-ie
Sentence: Appearently, Roger thinks the fag-fairy will visit tonight.
Etymology: Fag (Slang for cigarettes)+fairy (Tooth fairy takes who take away lost teeth.)
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COMMENTS:
good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-30: 15:15:00
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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
Disintokration
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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Floorcleaner
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: floor cleaner
Sentence: just put let it drop, i will call the floorcleaner
Etymology: floor and cleaner
Biodegradabutt
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: bah-yoh-dee-grayd-ah-but
Sentence: Contrary to popular belief, cig butts are most def NOT biodegradabutt.
Etymology: biodegradable + (cigarette) butt
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
Tobacgo
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)
Cigracadabra
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sigrəkədabrə
Sentence: Too many smokers think that some sort of cigracadabra happens when they toss their spent butts to the ground.
Etymology: cigarette (a thin cylinder of finely cut tobacco rolled in paper for smoking) + abracadabra (a word said by magicians when performing a magic trick)
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
