Verboticisms

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

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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

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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)."

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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.

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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)

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: inn-sig-err-ate

Sentence: Thank goodness for incigerating cigarettes, she thought, now only if they could invent something to make the black sludge in her lungs disappear.

Etymology: incinerate + cig

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: toe/bak/go

Sentence: As long as you smoke cigarettes made of pure tobackgo they will naturally go back into the atmosphere by natural buttbustion.

Etymology: tobacco + back + go

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COMMENTS:

And all these years I thought it was called "evapbuttration". - Kyoti, 2007-07-30: 09:32:00

I think you're describing Imodium or Peto Bismol - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-30: 12:11:00

oops - should be Pepto - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-30: 12:20:00

Danged silent p - Kyoti, 2007-07-30: 14:09:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: in-SIG-nee-toe

Sentence: Bob believed in reintarnation:tars and toxin had to go somewhere. Whenever he stomped on a fag-end with his shoe, biodegradation seemed to magically occur, or it must have become incignito. He supposed it was some part of the mystery of life's ongoing cycle. Bob felt proud for he was sure that he was taking cignificant steps in environmental care.

Etymology: Play on "incognito".

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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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Created by: frostycharlie69

Pronunciation: oss-MO-kiss

Sentence: The ciggarette butts dissappeared as if through the process of ossmokis.

Etymology: From "Osmosis" and "Smoke"

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