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DEFINITION: n. A person who pretends to be green because they think global warming is hot. v. To name-drop green status symbols in a shallow attempt to attract comely green people.
Verboticisms
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Greepy
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: gree-pee
Sentence: Jennifer loved nature and everything in it. Almost. She was okay with the creepy crawlies -- bugs and worms and maggots. She was fascinated by the big predators -- grizzlies, sharks, and snakes. But she could never get used to the greepy guy who kept jumping in front of her "au naturel", saying "Hey baby! Want to do a little recycling in the sunshine!"
Etymology: green and creepy!
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COMMENTS:
very funny - porsche, 2009-07-14: 12:20:00
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Envirostaticize
Created by: courtney0916
Pronunciation: en-vyr-o-stat-uh-size
Sentence: Carmella was not wooed when Hector attempted to envirostaticize her with his energy conserving material possessions.
Etymology: enviroment + status
Congreenient
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: con/green/eee/ent
Sentence: Sam was a congreenient environmentalist who stashed his gas guzzler in the garage and got out his bike when the female branch of 'friends of pure air' cycled by.
Etymology: con + green + convenient
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COMMENTS:
Darn those gas guzzlers! :-) - artr, 2009-07-14: 15:46:00
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Enviromench
Created by: deadpanwalking
Pronunciation: en-VI-ro-mench
Sentence: When he winked when he told me he'd like to show me his Prius, I knew he was an enviromench.
Etymology: Environment + Mench
Greeneer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: grēnēn
Sentence: Bruce tried his best to look eco-friendly. The Green Now club had some of the nicest-looking co-eds on campus. Sally saw through his greeneer the first time he attended a club meeting, driving up in his H2. It didn't help his cause that he brought a round of coffee for each of the members in styrofoam cups.
Etymology: green (eco-friendly) + veneer (an attractive appearance that covers or disguises someone or something's true nature or feelings)
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COMMENTS:
subtle - nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-14: 12:17:00
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Grasskisser
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He was such a grasskisser that he put his pesticide bottles in the bottom of the recycle bin and covered them with soy milk cartons
Etymology: grass + ass kisser
Cubicgreenonia
Created by: lauriern
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Roger is a cubicgreenonia, he thinks by acting like he cares for the environment he is just like me. I recycle and he doesn\'t know the difference between paper and plastic!!
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Ecoflirt
Created by: Paloma
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Reusable tote bags are a must for anyone who wants to ecoflirt at the grocery store.
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Ecotunist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ek/oh/toon/nist
Sentence: Many multinational corporations are merely ecotunists in an attempt to score points with young environmentalists.
Etymology: ecological + opportunist
Comments:
- 2006-11-13: 07:11:00
How true. Green is the new status symbol. Every frigging celebrity is now wrapped in a fig leaf.
queeny - 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
love this word enviromench . hey, you guys behind the curtain, I want to change my vote.
- 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
Great sentence deadpanwalking: "When he winked when he told me he'd like to show me his Prius, I knew he was an enviromench."
- 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
And this one is funny too -- Even Larry David needs to give himself an ecoboost every now and then, as he so valiantly attempted when he tried to chase down his fellow Prius driver so he could greet him as a fellow Prius driver.
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