Verboticism: Whattage

'Instead of replacing our old light bulbs...'

DEFINITION: n. An environmentally friendly program or product which does not live up to expectations. v. To try to save the planet by buying something green only to find out that it's just a load of bunk.

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Whattage

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: Wat + aj

Sentence: Although Donna pledged to help the "green" movement by buying products that were supposed to last longer, she found that she often had a whattage problem. Either the bulbs did not give her enough light or they were more environmentally unfriendly to dispose of then the ones she used before.

Etymology: What? and Wattage

Points: 1142

Comments: Whattage

silveryaspen - 2009-03-20: 21:12:00
Fits right into the cartoon! Well done!

Nosila - 2009-03-20: 23:06:00
Whatt Whit!

kateinkorea - 2009-03-21: 00:22:00
I like it.