Verboticisms

Created by: queeny

Pronunciation: green wanna be

Sentence: the dude is SUCH a greenwannabee, posing like he knows how to recycle, pleaze

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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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: eko lo gee zer

Sentence: Stan was a real ladies' man at the Rio di NoHairo Senior's Home. He'd join whatever club there was going to meet up with the cute divorcees and rich widows. He joined the Gray But Green Club and pretended to care about recycling, air quality and saving the Earth. In reality, he was just an ecologeezer looking to get some quick action before the Earth really did end!

Etymology: Ecology (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment;the environment as it relates to living organisms) & Geezer (a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric)

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Created by: bjorn

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Sentence: 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.

Etymology: ecological + ego boost

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Created by: lauriern

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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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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

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: in-green-chee-ate

Sentence: Armand tried to ingreentiate himself with the hot bunny hugger who moved in next door by wearing a Save-the-Whales t-shirt to the neighborhood block party.

Etymology: ingratiate: pander to; suck up to + green

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COMMENTS:

like it - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-14: 12:18:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: op - per - green - is - tik

Sentence: Simon showed opporgreenistic behavior by mentioning all of his "green" habits around attractive women that he thought to be ecologically motivated. He would tell half-truths and green lies just to impress them.

Etymology: opportunistic (taking advantage of situations that arise; said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles), green

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: speek-oh-sed-uk-shun

Sentence: his mastery of specoseduction turned his rivals green with envy

Etymology: speak + eco + seduction

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Created by: Jabberwocky

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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

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