"cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?
Sarah Lang
slang at UCHICAGO.EDU
Thu Jun 7 02:00:37 UTC 2007
So then that's a general group no on the term "schoocher"?
S.
On Jun 6, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> Thank you, Sarah! Oh, well. Yet another clear sign that the days of my
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> On 6/6/07, Sarah Lang <slang at uchicago.edu> wrote:
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>> A metal cylindar that looks like a cigarette:
>> http://www.netbong.com/bat.JPG
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>> but that one uses to smoke pot
>> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cigarette+bat
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>> S.
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>> On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>>> What's a cigarette bat?
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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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