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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
Cigarbage
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: see-gar-bage
Sentence: Jonathan inhaled deeply, while his girlfriend complained (again) about the cigarbage on their living floor. He dropped his cigarette to the floor and carefully stubbed it out. Then he turned to her letting out a puff of smoke, and said, "What garbage? I don't see garbage."
Etymology: cigar + garbage
Stubrub
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: stub-rub
Sentence: As the only nonsmoker, George watched the stubrub process in awe, thinking to himself what little it did for the sidewalk.
Etymology: Stub [the final remnants of a smoked cigarette] + Rub [To remove by pressure and friction]
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2011-01-15: 07:00:00
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Vanash
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: van ash
Sentence: her cigarette butts would vanash in a puff of smoke.
Etymology:
Noifsorbutts
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: no-ifs-or-butts
Sentence: after studying the science behind noifsorbutts, Kevin was suitably satisfied that this process was indeed 'natural' and 'magical' at the same time
Etymology: [cigarette]butts, no ifs or buts
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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Shoawa
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: sho-wah
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Sho a wat? - egonschiela, 2007-01-25: 16:18:00
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Stubfuscate
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: STUB-fews-KATE
Sentence: "Don't worry about that cigar butt... it will totally stubfuscate in a few days."
Etymology: Stub - end of the cigarette; Obfuscate - to hide, to disappear.
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COMMENTS:
This one I like! - allwise, 2007-01-25: 02:58:00
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Buttodegration
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: butt-O-dE-grAde-tion
Sentence: Jill relies on natures buttodegradetion to take care of her ciggarette butt as she tosses it on the floor and then begins to do her dance on it.
Etymology: butt/biodegrade/degrade
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COMMENTS:
- toadstool57, 2007-01-25: 08:22:00
The spelling should be buttodegradetion. I can't seem to change it - toadstool57, 2007-01-25: 08:24:00
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Osmoksis
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ah-smok-sis
Sentence: Flippantly flipping her cigarette butt out the window, Sue mistakenly thought it would disappear in a few days through the magical process of osmoksis, or perhaps the other mythical process, cigarotte.
Etymology: osmosis, smoke
