Verboticism: Ecoillogy
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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Enviralmental
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: /in-vi-rall-men-tull/
Sentence: Susanne was shocked to find that her hand-cranked radio contained over 32 grams of lead, an ounce of mercury in its power converter device, and the soul of an orphan boy. Her green intentions had been hand-converted into nature poison via this enviralmental piece of crap from Venture Industries.
Etymology: environmental - viron + viral
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word for so many things containing toxins. Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:13:00
Very good! - Mustang, 2009-03-20: 21:33:00
Enviralmetally good word, banky! - Nosila, 2009-03-20: 23:09:00
Soul of an orphan boy? Yikes! Very good word combination. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:27:00
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Envirollusion
Created by: BookWorm579
Pronunciation: en-VIE-row-loo-zhun
Sentence: The newest "low-flow" shower head was a blatant envirollusion as it simply stopped the flow of water.
Etymology: Derived from "environmentalism" and "illusion".
Bunkinjunked
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: bunk-in-junked
Sentence: Larry didn't notice that his bunkinjunked bargains...were just someone else's trash.
Etymology: Bunk - Empty talk; nonsense. In - Within the limits, bounds, or area of. Junked - Discarded material, such as glass, rags, paper, or metal, some of which may be reused in some form.
Gaiaaaargh
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gai aaaaargh
Sentence: He began to doubt the gaiaaaargh theory around the time that he saw Mr. lovelock buying a ticket to the moon.
Etymology: gaia aaaargh
Greenfrauducts
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: green fraud ucts
Sentence: Cleaners and other products claiming to be eco-friendly because they are clear may actually be greenfrauducts. These fraudulently-eco-friendly products cost more, but may contribute the same chemicals to the water supply and earth as regular products. Another type of greenfrauduct marketed to unthinking consumers are the group of products that are already organic: such as “organic” fruits and vegetables - aren’t they organic just as they are? “Organic” needs definition as “grown without chemicals or pesticides” to avoid promotion of greenfrauducts.
Etymology: From green products and fraud. Greenfrauducts are a group of products that are marketed as earth-friendly but which are either not such or are already earth-friendly.
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COMMENTS:
Agreed! Excellent verbotomy! Easy to remember and the meaning is so readily apparent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-22: 16:27:00
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Misgreened
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Clearly, I was misgreened when they said spiral energy saving bulbs would provide warm mood lighting for my dinner date.
Etymology: misled, misguided
Ecofarsology
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: eko fars ahl ogee
Sentence: Brian read about the new movement to save the planet. There were stickers on products that were "touted" as environmentally friendly. Some of them cost more but promised to either last longer or be more friendly to the environment. After using some of these products, Brian was wondering whether it was all a bunch of ecofarsology.
Etymology: Ecological and Farse
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 09:49:00
Terrific word. - Mustang, 2009-03-20: 21:34:00
Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:39:00
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Gargreenbage
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gar-green-badge
Sentence: The recycled toilet paper idea turned out to be gargreenbage. The yellow and brown stains were difficult to ignore and were impossible to get rid of.
Etymology: green + garbage (as in crap)
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COMMENTS:
Ewwww... - karenanne, 2010-10-04: 14:58:00
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Conservascam
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-ser-VAY-scam
Sentence: Sherman had just made the first payment on the water recovery and power saver program he bought from the door to door salesman when he began to realize it was really a conservascam and the worst part was his wife, Wilma, sneering and reminding him she'd tried to steer him away from the slick talking salesman.
Etymology: Blend of 'conserve' (save) and 'scam' (con job)
