Verboticisms

Created by: Gionuzzo

Pronunciation: uh POK oh rich

Sentence: Hoboes with "the world will end!" signs do exactly the same thing as the apocorich company that made the Al Gore/Global warming movie, but the hobos don't make money!

Etymology: apocolypse + rich

| Comments and Points

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: gen-oh-save-yer

Sentence: The world is gonna explode from over-heating of the earths core... unless you buy ice, thats right, ice, but not just any ice, magic ice.

Etymology: genocide-savior

| Comments and Points

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: jak-pot-cah-lips

Sentence: after a strong opening weekend at the cinemas, Al Gore knew he had hit the jackpotcalypse

Etymology: jackpot, apocalypse

| Comments and Points

Created by: marnee4nothin

Pronunciation: prau-fet-ears

Sentence: Cal hoped that his 'Save the Cumquat' campaign would establish his career among his fellow propheteers.

Etymology: prophet + profiteers

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Propheteers: they've been around since cocky was an egg. Now we have a great word for them. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-10: 21:57:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: men-iss-mong-ger

Sentence: If only they'd menacemnonger the industries that pollute and destroy the environment.

Etymology: menace + monger

| Comments and Points

Created by: MrPlow42

Pronunciation: Fud - bud

Sentence: Those fudbuds are now trying to convince us that our dogs aren't getting enough cheese.

Etymology: F.U.D. - Information Technology term for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. & Bud - friend.

| Comments and Points

Created by: Karuma

Pronunciation: ee-ko-grif-tur

Sentence: they all always play those stupid ecogrifter infomercials late at night. that guy is on the long ecogrift.

Etymology: eco=world, grift=a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.

| Comments and Points

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: echo-pour-ee-um

Sentence: I went to the ecoporium today. I needed to assuage my guilt from overconsumerism and fear of global destruction by indulging in some retail therapy. So I put some pure wool gloves, knitted by hand in the Gobi Desert, sailed across the ocean and delivered by Prius to the shops. I put them on my carboncredit card.

Etymology: ecology + emporium

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

You have to watch out that those carboncredit cards don't catch a light a burn a hole in your pocket. - petaj, 2007-08-12: 02:44:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: noztril

Pronunciation: G.O.P.

Sentence: the turrists will get cha iffin youse don't elect a Geeohpee

Etymology: grand old party

| Comments and Points

Created by: niko23

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

| Comments and Points