Verboticisms

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

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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

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Created by: phdschub

Pronunciation: ter-ror-press

Sentence: Why does the terrorpress always find us in a state of impending doom. or 2)The terrorpress got to me again.

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: GREEN-fleece

Sentence: Although Harriet had submitted her application 18 months ago, along with the $495 membership fee, she suddenly began to realize that she may not have been selected as an elite member of Greenfleece.

Etymology: Green (money) + Greenpeace + fleece (rip off)

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COMMENTS:

A growing trend. Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-10: 21:54:00

I like it as a verb, too - xtine, 2007-08-13: 16:42:00

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Created by: applesnpairs

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Created by: Metalflower

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Sentence: When bird flu hit the world, Ecounlogists made millions of dollars by selling face masks, which didn't help at all.

Etymology: Ecologist, unlogic

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Created by: noztril

Pronunciation: G.O.P.

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

Etymology: grand old party

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: tear-uh-muh-ged-un-ist

Sentence: We have stopped inviting Cathy to the beach with us. Her terramageddonist reminders of how the beach sand which sticks to our feet increases erosion and leads to the extinction of all sea turtles, is too much for us to bear.

Etymology: terra (Earth) + armegeddon (end of Earth) + ist (pertaining to a person/organization); also, the tie with "terror" and "terrorist"

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Created by: kellii3

Pronunciation: destruct im in ation

Sentence: do not beleive all of the destructimination scams that people use to scare the money from us.

Etymology: destruct - destruct imin - imminent ation - destruction

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Created by: GreenTara

Pronunciation: Terror-Corp

Sentence: All the terrorcorps competed with one another to scare the public the most - for the most profit.

Etymology: terror-fear, corp-corporation

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Created by: Rossco

Pronunciation: Doo-mon-gur

Sentence: This year's enviro-expo was full of doomongers.

Etymology: global destruction/damnation = doom + (blank)monger (purveyor of whatever)

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