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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.
Verboticisms
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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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Eaumygod
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: oh maye god
Sentence: "Eaumygod! Water disaster!" Icebergs wreck flotilla in Monaco! full story inside
Etymology: eau as in water! oh my God
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COMMENTS:
luv that first head line! Great Create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-16: 17:24:00
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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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COMMENTS:
Very clever!
"bye bye polar bears" - sniff :( - karenanne, 2010-09-27: 15:21:00
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Seaprising
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: seep + rising
Sentence: The effects of global warming have had seaprising consequences as coastal areas start to become much soggier. Water is seeping into places it was not meant to be and the water table is definitely rising.
Etymology: Sea, seep, Surprising, rising
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COMMENTS:
Super sentence, etymology and word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-16: 17:30:00
Really good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:58:00
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Glowarm
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: GLO warm
Sentence: Tom tucked his daughter into bed with the Gloworm he had given her from his childhood. He had been watching something on TV just before that about global warming. Later in his confused dreams there was an oversized Glowarm doll made of ice, walking around like a King Kong character melting all over and raising the water levels in the city. Tom’s dream of his glowarm situation reminded him that he should be more environmentally conscious.
Etymology: GLOBAL WARMING: GLOWORM:
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COMMENTS:
A heartwarming yet disturbing story. I try to be environmentally couscous. but it's hard. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-17: 02:59:00
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Suburgia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: səbərgēə
Sentence: Life would never be the same in Frostberg. Yes, global warming had kicked in and the polar ice cap was breaking up. That just meant that suburbia was now suburgia with a full-fledged iceberg parked in the recently-developed harbor. Residents can go boating in the morning and ice climbing in the afternoon. Old-man Johnson had tried to start up a snow cone stand but most didn't care for the salty treats.
Etymology: suburbia (the suburbs or their inhabitants viewed collectively) + berg (a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea)
Capqua
Created by: Annette
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The capqua flow is even larger than anticipated.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Good start...I like the word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:30:00
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Bipolaricity
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: b'eye-poh-ler-ih-cih-tee
Sentence: Dr. Arky Bohta had created a safe haven in Savannah, Georgia, for sufferers of what he called Bipolaricity. Since the accidental onset and melting of the two polar icecaps the psychiatrist had been meticulously documenting the increasing mood swings and paranoia of his patients. His theory was that because the human body is more than 85% water the creeping and cruising of encroaching icebergs was the reason. However, on a hot and muggy summer's day, as two ice bergs from the South and North approached Key West and the Mason-Dixon line, he noted there was high and enthusiastic response during a group brainstorming session when one patient proposed brewing and bottling something called "BiPolar Ice Tea."
Etymology: Using BIPOLAR, the psychological term for severe mood disorders with the two (North and South) or bi (from L.) poles
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.
Decapitoolate
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Dee-cap-it-oo-layt
Sentence: After many years of taking this planet for granted, the polar ice caps are melting at a tremendous rate it has come to the point where it is decapitoolate and nothing can be done to stop it.
Etymology: Decapit- to destroy the cap + Too late- un out of time = Decapitoolate
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 20:06:00
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Comments:
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!
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James