"cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?

Sarah Lang slang at UCHICAGO.EDU
Thu Jun 7 00:37:09 UTC 2007


A metal cylindar that looks like a cigarette:
http://www.netbong.com/bat.JPG

but that one uses to smoke pot
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cigarette+bat

S.

On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> What's a cigarette bat?
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> -Wilson
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> On 6/6/07, Sarah Lang <slang at uchicago.edu> wrote:
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>> So I just heard this term today and I cannot find a record of it
>> anywhere (I tried possible variant spellings, or even
>> mispronunciation). Is anyone familiar with "schoocher"? (Scoob/ed is
>> the only thing I can find that is even somewhat related . . . .)
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>> S.
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