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cancer

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a cancer on (something)

Something that is, or is seen to be, an evil, corrupting, or destructive force within something else. To be honest, the Internet has become a real cancer on civil discourse. This kind of onerous legislation will be nothing but a cancer on our economy! Some people think humans are actually a cancer on the planet, given the amount of environmental damage we've wrought over the centuries.
See also: cancer, on

cancer stick

slang A cigarette. You'll probably find Ed outside smoking a cancer stick. Hey, can I bum a cancer stick off of you? Mom's gonna freak out if she catches you smoking those cancer sticks.
See also: cancer, stick
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cancer stick

n. a tobacco cigarette. (From the notion that cigarette smoking is a major cause of lung cancer. Old but recurrent.) Kelly pulled out his ninth cancer stick and lit it up.
See also: cancer, stick
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Overall cancer incidence increased 48 percent between 1950 and 1990, according to the National Cancer Institute.
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