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On 10/30/03, we were introduced to the nicotini:
nicotini (NIK.oh.tee.nee) n.
A nicotine-laced martini.
Larry Wald, the owner of the Cathode Ray Club, came up with the homemade brew as he searched for ways to help smokers cope with the new smoke-free atmosphere Florida voters ordered last fall. Soak tobacco leaves in vodka overnight, deaden the juice’s harshness by adding a couple other liquors and voila: the nicotini of Las Olas.
--Scott Wyman, “As smoke clears, club mixes tobacco, vodka,” Orlando Sentinel , August 31, 2003
Then, on 11/14, we learned about the tomacco:
tomacco (tuh.MAK.oh) n.
A hybrid created by grafting a tomato plant onto the roots of a tobacco plant.
Rob Baur of Lake Oswego, Oregon, dreamed of bringing to life his favorite The Simpsons episode, one from 1999 in which Homer grows “tomacco,” a combination tomato-tobacco plant.
Baur grafted a tomato plant onto tobacco roots, and voilà, h