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'The ice caps are melting!'

DEFINITION: v. To increase the world's liquid water supply (and dramatically raise the level of our oceans) by accidentally melting the polar ice caps. n. The rising seas and associated flooding due to melting ice caps.

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Seaswelling

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: see swell ing

Sentence: Perhaps the world's egosystem has been wounded, and that is why it's head and bottom are shrinking and its seaswelling.

Etymology: SEAS, SWELLING, WELLING. SEAS - the earth's large expanses of water. SWELLING - increase in size usually as a result of injury. WELLING - a place where water emerges, whether naturally or the result of man causing it.

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I love your sentence. Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:36:00

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Flaw

Created by: johaquila

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Don't tell me you flawed again! Does this mean we'll have to build another ark?

Etymology: Portmanteau of flood and thaw.

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Aaaaarghmaggeddon

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: aaaaa ma ged on

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Icebergwetus

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: eys berg wet us

Sentence: The rise in oceans due to polar meltdown was setting off bergler alarms in the world. Edna D. World, was so panicked that she told her friends she was suffering from a bad case of icebergwetus. She was in bad need of some glaciation therapy.

Etymology: Iceberg (a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier) Wet Us (get us soaked) and play on iceberg lettuce (lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head)

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Byebyepolar

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: biii biii poh lar

Sentence: They said gore was mad, but he proved to be byebyepolar.

Etymology: bipolar, bye bye polar bears

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karenanne Very clever! "bye bye polar bears" - sniff :( - karenanne, 2010-09-27: 15:21:00

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Capqua

Created by: Annette

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The capqua flow is even larger than anticipated.

Etymology:

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Good start...I like the word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:30:00

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Aquament

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: ah-kwa-ment

Sentence: Hilda was relieved she didn't need plastic surgery to aquament her apartment.

Etymology: aqua + augment

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Globalwarning

Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: glow ball warn ing

Sentence: Globalwarning of rapid carbon release from the earth should encourage measures such as a return to using renewable energy sources such as water power, wind power, even solar power. Certain industries and populations must reduce their carbon emissions, or we will continue to see ocean water levels rise, bizarre weather; and ultimately experience continued loss of animal and human life...leading to extinction.

Etymology: From the words "globalwarming" and "warning". A term that warns that our problem of globalwarming needs immediate attention and change over to using "green", earth-friendly energies. This is our globalwarning!

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COMMENTS:

Really good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:37:00

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Theathaw

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: theethaw

Sentence: Maybe it was his choice of words, maybe his lisp, but when Henry tried to warn people about global warming, his efforts fell on deaf ears. His proclamation to "beware the arctic theathaw" left people wondering why a teetertotter in the tundra could be any concern to them.

Etymology: thea (ocean) + thaw (to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt) play on seesaw with a lisp.

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Aquageddon(ner)

Created by: kalex

Pronunciation: ah-kwa-ged-dun

Sentence: Arks became all the rage after I singlehandedly spurred the melting of the polar ice caps.

Etymology: Aqua-water geddon-suffix associated with apocalypse

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-03-16: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

silveryaspen - 2009-03-16: 17:55:00
Everyone did such great creating today! Every sentence and verbotomy was a delight to read!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-09-27: 00:17:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James