Define Coffin Nails Meaning

slang term for a cigarette

Anything that contributes to an early death, particularly....

(N.) Cigarette, usage pre-world war I and still continuing today.

An old slang for cigarettes, used before they were glamorized in the early 40's-50's.

A death metal band from Mississippi whose sound has progressed to include deathcore and Gothenburg influences. They are currently playing gigs and are in the process of recording their first full length demo album, Cryptcrawler.

Pioneering, but forgotten, 1950’s and 1960’s shock jock Joe Pyne called cigarettes this, being resigned to his chain smoking habit. (He died of lung cancer in 1970, aged 45). These days, coffin nails could mean three things:

1. Long, squared off manicures in the shape of an old school coffin;

2. French fries because they’re unhealthy to begin with; and
3. Cigarettes.

A child who causes a parent so much grief and pain that he or she will send the parent to the grave soon. It is used by some Chinese parents to scold their disobedient or wayward kids.