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DEFINITION: A "natural process" which, smokers believe, makes cigarette butts magically disappear.
Verboticisms
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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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Vanash
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: van-ash
Sentence: John didn't seem to realize that his partner vanashed their apartment every night. He seemed to feel the butt fairy looked after the mess.
Etymology: vanish + ash
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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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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Incignito
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".
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
Incigerate
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
Ossmokis
Created by: frostycharlie69
Pronunciation: oss-MO-kiss
Sentence: The ciggarette butts dissappeared as if through the process of ossmokis.
Etymology: From "Osmosis" and "Smoke"
Comments:
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?