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Cyan Low, Rule (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm a Brit and I can't figure out what word is a synonym for both stick AND smoke. Am I regarded?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm being willfully obtuse.

    Don't think: Where there's smoke, there's fire

    Instead think: Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
    And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

    According to Wikipedia its also a meatball.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Ohhhhh I gotcha. Thanks for linking it to Wikipedia! I think I got confused because I didn't see the relation with stick, and I feel like the abbreviated form of the word used to describe a cigarette is quite an outdated term now.

    Honestly when you mentioned smoke, I was thinking of it as a noun with the second context you mentioned. But not being a tobacco smoker myself, the devil's lettuce popped into my mind instead.

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