Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: An individual, or an organization, which profits by selling fear of imminent global destruction and/or eternal damnation.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
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
Ecoporium
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
----------------------------
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
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)
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
Ecolojesus
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ee + col + oh + jeez + us
Sentence: Oh, don't worry about that guy - he just another ecolojesus... he's worried about the effect of dog hair on our planet.
Etymology: ecology + jesus
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
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
Terrorcorp
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
Comments:
iwasatripwire - 2007-08-12: 01:27:00
repeat!