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DEFINITION: n. Anxiety created by an inability to understand or follow the regulations for recycling, composting and garbage collection. v. To feel confused and conflicted because you produce too much garbage and don't know how to get rid of it.
Verboticisms
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Discomposture
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dis/com/post/yur
Sentence: I hurried down the street with my sunglasses on, listening to my ipod, so that none of the neighbours would notice my discomposture after I had hastily stashed a plastic muffin tray in the recycling bin. It did have a recyling symbol on it but I wasn't sure if the number was acceptable or not.
Etymology: discomposure + compost + dis (as in disrespect)
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COMMENTS:
Too true! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-15: 12:41:00
Sounds like the makings of great gardening soil - Mustang, 2009-01-16: 01:23:00
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Wastenotwoenot
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: waste not woe not
Sentence: Zach's wastenotwoenot had become so bad that he had resorted to interviewing his great grandmother about how she used to crochet floor rugs from fabric scraps, rinse out bread bags for re-use, use magazine pages for toilet paper and boil up soap scraps to create a new bar of soap.
Etymology: waste not, want not (adage from the old days of environmentalism, known as the great depression when everything that could be reused was) + woe (sorrow, anxiety)
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COMMENTS:
they really had the right idea didn't they? - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-25: 12:14:00
So true! So glad you presented this important part of the issue, the heart of the matter. Sentence and word are Superb! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-25: 12:52:00
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Biobefuddlement
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: bIO-bE-fud-dull-ment
Sentence: Jill is scared to approach the recycle and compost bins, experiencing bouts of biobefuddlement, shaking and sweating as she tries to pick the bin to toss her trash.
Etymology: biodegradable/befuddlement,as in confused
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COMMENTS:
Two big B's blended, so I buzzed by to say nice etymology. Meaning full verboticism. Good word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-25: 13:41:00
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Rubbishfulthinking
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rub bish full think ing
Sentence: Howard and Lisa's mere one bag of trash on the curb awaiting pick-up, after Christmas, was shear rubbishful thinking. The other fourteen bags were neatly piled up in the back yard to be placed out each week, one at a time. They would feel less like abusers. That is until the family of raccoons got ahold of the pile one moonlit night!
Etymology: Rubbish (garbage, trash) & Thinking (using one's brain) & Wishful Thinking (dreaming something would be or happen)
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COMMENTS:
Great Create! Rubbishfulthinking - hoping it will go away! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-15: 12:40:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-15: 13:20:00
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Greentard
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: green-tard
Sentence: This cup is kinda glossy, is it paper or plastic? Gosh, this is confusing. I feel so greentarded.
Etymology: green-to help the environment; retarded-lacking certain abilities.
Refusion
Created by: CrayonWarrior
Pronunciation: X-SAMPA - RefjudjVn Reh-fyu-jun
Sentence: "Okay. the glass can't go with anything else, but you can't mix coloured glass, and the batteries must be in a little bag next to the boxes, and the cans can't go with the tetra packs, but what about plastic type 4?" there was no doubt about it; recycling caused Steve unnecessary amounts of refusion
Etymology: Refuse - waste /confusion - a state of befuddlement or stress
Allitteration
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: all lit ter ay shun
Sentence: Al & Alice allegedly allowed allitteration anxiety at all angles affect an attitude attack at acquiring any absolute atonement.
Etymology: Alliteration (use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse) & All Litter (all garbage) & Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)
Arequirereuse
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: a - re - quire - yous (aka use)
Sentence: The world is developing a new police force, called cyclops, special cops who keep one eye on your trash to make sure you recycle! The penalty for not recycling is being sent to the recycle haz bins, where they will clean you up, dismantle you, and send your living remains to the hospital for re-use! The new reality tv shows might be staged around recyclodramas! The stars of the shows will be the cyclops, riding their recycles with sirens blaring, as they hunt down scattering scared stiffs, who refused to become recyclers. Other recyclodramas would be about the hospitals re-using any living remains from the scared stiffs from the the haz bins. Other recyclodramas would be about the new field of psychiatric medicine repsychclophopia! It seems to be affecting everyone. It is the spawning of the age of arequireuse!
Etymology: Play on the phrase: The Dawning Of The Age Of Aquarius ... Spawning Of The Age of A-Requi-Reuse
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COMMENTS:
Silvery - why don't you just go with Acquire reuse (Acquireuse). It works so well with your Aquarius reference. - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-25: 11:30:00
I can't correct the spelling now ... but you are absolutely right. Had other pressing matters on my mind and didn't give this my full attention and blew it. Thanks Jabberwocky. I really appreciate your helpful comment. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-25: 12:34:00
I did change it where I could ... everywhere but where it is at the top, and that's what shows up elsewhere. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-25: 12:36:00
Actually silvery you can change the spelling. Just go to your word and then go to edit. You should see "oops I want to change the spelling of my word" A warning though - everything you tped in before will disappear so you'll have to reenter your etymology and pronunciation and sentence so you should copy that somewhere so you can then paste it in. It's a great word the way it is but you might want to change another word some day. - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-25: 13:18:00
Another good one. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-25: 20:09:00
I just wiki'ed Age of Aquarius — I never really knew what that referred to. I figured it was an astrological reference to something that happened in the 1970's but, to my surprize, the Age of Aquarius hasn't even started yet. I guess that means tie-dyed shirts and bell-bottoms will be making a comeback sometime in the next few hundred years. - Tigger, 2008-03-25: 23:22:00
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Recyclophobia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-cyc-lah-FOE-bya
Sentence: Wilbur had a bad case of recyclophobia when it came time to separate recyclables for collection each Thursday, as he could not grasp the concept of separating those materials from ordinary refuse and he always wound up leaving the job to his wife, Clara.
Etymology: blend of 'recycle' (to treat or process (used or waste materials so as to make suitable for reuse) and 'phobia' (unreasonable fear of something)
Trashcombobulation
Created by: spotthecat1
Pronunciation: trash-kuhm-bob-yuh-ley-shun
Sentence: Stella and Stan spent hours sorting through the remains of their mega-market shopping splurges and in a fury of trashcombobulation threw all the refuse in a giant Hefty™ bag and carefully deposited the unsorted mess in their neighbor's pile. The only witness was the owl who just blinked and asked, "Who?"
Etymology: (trash)1325–75; ME trasches (pl.), appar. c. Norw trask rubbish; akin to OE trus brushwood, ON tros rubbish + (dis-combobulation) 1825–35, Americanism; fanciful alter. of discompose or discomfort
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COMMENTS:
Very informative etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-25: 13:21:00
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-25: 15:19:00
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-25: 20:06:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-25: 02:10:00
I love the "IDEAS" bin.
Thanks stache. That's the bin where I put out my old ideas for recycling. ~ James
Jamagra - 2008-03-25: 08:07:00
James... maybe you could recycle those ideas my way? Love the cartoon and the word, but today... I got nothin'.
Jamagra - 2008-03-25: 09:10:00
Oh! Thought of something. I'm good now!
remistram - 2008-03-25: 10:23:00
got our massive bin last week...process is a bit more streamlined, am happy now!
purpleartichokes - 2008-03-25: 11:15:00
Lucky you, remi... our community recycling consists of loading the stuff up in your car and taking it to the recycling center on one of the few days/hours that they happen to be open. Sucks. I did get a FREE compost bin from our state env. protection folks. $80 value. My mother (and only my mother) is so proud!
My Rottin' Poem
I love my compost pile!
It thrills me to the bone
To think that all that wilted slop
Will enhance the crops I've grown!
I garden with a passion,
And I compost with a zeal.
I collect the coffee grounds at work
And cherish every peel.
In my cellar I compost in winter
Much to my son's dismay.
Though sweet to me, the smell can chase
Unwanted guests away.
My pile in the summer
Is a another sad slop story.
The dog next door gulps the gourmet treat,
Then regurgitates... quite gory.
The peels get strewn about my lawn
By some midnight compost thief.
I try to promptly pick up the stuff,
Before the neighbors give me grief.
The egg-shells never make it
To calcify my plants.
The birds steal most of the precious shards
Or they get toted off by ants.
My composting efforts without a bin
Have been daunting, to say the least.
By the time the stuff finally starts to rot,
It gets eaten by some beast.
So you see, kind folks at DEP
Why it's for a bin I pray.
If I can clean up my compost act,
The neighbors might let me stay!
silveryaspen - 2008-03-25: 13:09:00
Funtastic rhyme and reasoning!
Hey purple, I figured you loved vegetables, and guessed you were a dedicated composter, but composting in your basement??? Yikes!! Maybe that's why your shower curtain is covered in mildew. ~ James
Jamagra - 2008-03-25: 17:25:00
Purple, I am very proud of you too! You grow, girl!
purpleartichokes - 2008-03-25: 18:21:00
Um, yeah, I actually did compost in the basement in a garbage can. Apparently, I didn't add enough "browns" to the mix, cuz when I dumped it in the spring, the neighborhood smelled like a cesspool for days. ...oops. Thanks Jamagra! I'm gonna try my hand at a giant punkin this year! James - thanks for the idea. I bet that shower curtain junk would compost nicely!
arrrteest - 2008-03-25: 18:37:00
Great poem, too! I used to have a worm composting bin. At least the kids thought it was cool.
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
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