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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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Doomshark
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: DOOM-Shark
Sentence: Feelbad world, along with a daily dose of dread and damnation, flowed frenetically across the airwaves every evening, delivered by a diamond-dripping doomshark preaching tarabolical times ahead for mankind. But for those faithful who fawnishly followed this foolmonger, and his fickle-feel philosophy, there was much more to fear from him here on terra firma, for financial fleecing was his forte.
Etymology: A conflation of "doom": death, ruin, sad or evil destiny & "shark", (slangish): confidence trickster, parasite, crooked business person (as in land shark, loan shark).
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COMMENTS:
A is for alliteration. ;) - Kyoti, 2007-08-10: 11:03:00
I hate it i just wanted to vote because i know you wont win - BellaRina, 2007-08-10: 11:39:00
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Menacemonger
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
Apocketlypse
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: uh-PAHK-eht-lihps
Sentence: Alex's girlfriend broke up with him only because he'd mailed off his last paycheque to ExxonIMeanGreenpeace Inc.--she reasoned that anyone who couldn't tell apocketlypse from apocalypse wasn't dateable.
Etymology: apocalypse + to pocket money
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-10: 22:01:00
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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
Terrorpress
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.
Etymology:
Wrecksploitation
Created by: xtine
Pronunciation: reck-sploy-tay-shun
Sentence: Every time another climate based disaster occurred, Sally mounted another Google keyword ad campaign to collect donations, a shameless example of wrecksploitation.
Etymology: wreckage, exploitation
Terramageddonist
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"
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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Propheteers
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
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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
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Comments:
iwasatripwire - 2007-08-12: 01:27:00
repeat!