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Re: Smoking outside offices

Posted by Janes_kid on August 03, 2003

In Reply to: Re: Smoking outside offices posted by Henry on August 03, 2003

: : : : : : does anybody know the modern term for a group of people smoking on the pavement outside their offices

: : : : : A haze?

: : : : A clutch of suicidals?

: : : Diehards?

: : : And, to be fair, how about a phrase for those who hit the snack vending machines pretty hard?

: :
: : An addiction

: Carb loading?

Sorry I forgot it but there is a new slang word going around like clutch, group or bunch, specifically meaning the group of smokers outside buildings. I've seen it in blog-like magazines. Perhaps Slate.