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DEFINITION: An individual, or an organization, which profits by selling fear of imminent global destruction and/or eternal damnation.
Verboticisms
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Doomonger
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)
Destructimination
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
Preachleecher
Created by: Paradox
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It has become clear that a lot of figures that demand attention for their religion or for the Earth are nothing more than preachleechers.
Etymology: Basically a combination of a preacher, someone who preaches, and a leecher, which seems pretty self-explanatory if you ask me.
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COMMENTS:
Beware: perfidious prunellas are proliferating! Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-10: 22:00:00
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Fudbud
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.
Greenfleece
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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Opside
Created by: coolkids58
Pronunciation: apsid
Sentence: theres an opside organasation that guy is a opside
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
o=organization p=profits s=selling i=imminent d=distruction/damnation - coolkids58, 2007-08-10: 10:32:00
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Kachingdomcome
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ka-ching-dum-kum
Sentence: When pigs failed to fly on 7/7/07, Liz realized she had given her life savings to a kachingdomcome.
Etymology: ka-ching! (sound associated with cashing in), kingdom come
Apocorich
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
Jackpotcalypse
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:
iwasatripwire - 2007-08-12: 01:27:00
repeat!