diff --git a/builtins.go b/builtins.go
index 1f7398d..dc809e8 100644
--- a/builtins.go
+++ b/builtins.go
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ func (b *Builtins) OpenComment(c *Context) func(string) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// EOLComment discards the rest of the parsed line
+func (b *Builtins) EOLComment(c *Context) func(string) error {
+	return func(next string) error {
+		j, _ := c.RStack.Pop()
+		c.RStack.Push(j + len(next)) // push the end-point onto the stack
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // CloseComment resumes parsing by consuming itself and resetting the immediate flag
 func (b *Builtins) CloseComment(c *Context) func(string) error {
 	return func(_ string) error {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2ff5808..292f231 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func main() {
 	// comments and strings
 	dict.AddWord("(", Word{Name: "(", Impl: b.OpenComment(&c), Immediate: true})
 	dict.AddWord(")", Word{Name: ")", Impl: b.CloseComment(&c), Immediate: true})
+	dict.AddWord(`\`, Word{Name: `\`, Impl: b.EOLComment(&c), Immediate: true})
 	dict.AddWord(`."`, Word{Name: `."`, Impl: b.OpenQuote(os.Stdout, &rstack, '"')})
 	dict.AddWord(`"`, Word{Name: `"`, Impl: b.CloseQuote(&c)})
 	dict.AddWord(`.(`, Word{Name: `.(`, Impl: b.OpenQuote(os.Stdout, &rstack, ')'), Immediate: true})