Lindarying
Here is a dictionary-style entry for the neologism **"lindayring"**, complete with pronunciation, definition, and a mock Latin etymology:
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**lindayring** *\ˈlɪn.daɪ.rɪŋ* *noun* (slang)
**Definition**:
The act of smoking a Virginia Slim 120 (or 160, in exaggerated usage) cigarette completely from tip to filter without ashing even once, resulting in a single, unbroken column of ash resembling a small black-and-white caterpillar.
**Example**:
"She sat in total silence, lindayring that Slim like it was some sort of meditative rite."
**Usage Note**:
Often associated with an odd sense of pride, tension, or deliberate stillness. May be performed as a party trick, statement of control, or personal ritual. Breakage of the ash before completion is considered a failure.
**Etymology**:
Pseudo-Latin root *linda-* (from the modern name *Linda*, a nod to a timelessly elegant cigarette smoker) + *-yring* (a hybrid gerund form implying ritualistic repetition, playfully mimicking Old English forms).
Faux-Latinized as: *lindyratio uncinatae cinereae*
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**lindayring** *\ˈlɪn.daɪ.rɪŋ* *noun* (slang)
**Definition**:
The act of smoking a Virginia Slim 120 (or 160, in exaggerated usage) cigarette completely from tip to filter without ashing even once, resulting in a single, unbroken column of ash resembling a small black-and-white caterpillar.
**Example**:
"She sat in total silence, lindayring that Slim like it was some sort of meditative rite."
**Usage Note**:
Often associated with an odd sense of pride, tension, or deliberate stillness. May be performed as a party trick, statement of control, or personal ritual. Breakage of the ash before completion is considered a failure.
**Etymology**:
Pseudo-Latin root *linda-* (from the modern name *Linda*, a nod to a timelessly elegant cigarette smoker) + *-yring* (a hybrid gerund form implying ritualistic repetition, playfully mimicking Old English forms).
Faux-Latinized as: *lindyratio uncinatae cinereae*
Linda drove us too fast to the mall, as she was left-hand LINDARYING her Virginia Slim 160 cigarette, ash to bone, ash to tip, tip not ash, ash to mouth.
Lindarying by Chezley Moraine Montague IV June 29, 2025
