Ciggies

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Thin cylinders of tobacco rolled in paper for smoking
2. Small rolls of shredded tobacco enclosed in paper, meant to be lit and inhaled
3. Sticks of tobacco wrapped in thin paper, typically smoked for nicotine or pleasure

Etymology: "Ciggies" is the plural of "ciggy," a informal clipping of "cigarette." The base word is the same one that gives us "cigarette," itself borrowed from French, where "cigarette" was a diminutive of "cigare," meaning a cigar. The "-y" and "-ies" endings are a familiar British and Australian pattern for turning longer words into friendly, shortened forms, the same process behind "telly" for television or "brekkie" for breakfast.

Synonyms: cigarettes, smokes, fags, butts