Verboticism: Energyp
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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Scamwow
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skamwou
Sentence: Ed's exuberant concern for our planet makes him vulnerable to every scamwow eco-friendly product from every eco-huckster he comes into contact with. His closet contains a plethora of not-so-useful gadgets. Some of them should receive prizes for their inventiveness (if you could find the flimflam artist who sold it). Top prize might go to the product that is supposed to reduce or remove your "carbon footprint". It's a flipflop with sandpaper glued to the top.
Etymology: scam (a dishonest scheme; a fraud) + wow (expressing astonishment or admiration)
Envirobeedunkabunkistic
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: In-viro-roe-be-dunk-ay-bunk-ist-ik
Sentence: Mr. Western Savealot was all about buying "Envirobeedunkabunkistic" products in order to preserve the planet and energy in his home and save money. However his wife Mrs. Ecofriendly Savealot was becoming less than interested because all of his useless purchases online the Greenskunk site...they never ever worked properly. He told his wife,"well Honey, just wait until tomorrow because I have some new solar rechargeable batteries that have been laying out in the sun charging today that I just bought that will work even brighter in our new bamboo and putty and paperclip Gilligan lantern." Needless to say...Mrs. Ecofriendly Savealot rolled her eyes and was unimpressed.
Etymology: Enviro;Taken from environmental. Be; As in it is. Dunk; To plunk down. Bunk; Bull crap Ist;As in the most like. Ic; As in this is useless CRAP!
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COMMENTS:
what a mouthful - petaj, 2009-03-23: 05:01:00
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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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Scamwow
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skæmwaʊ
Sentence: The late-night pitchman made the knockoff absorbent towel sound like the answer to almost all of Jerry's "being-green" concerns. He would never need to buy paper towels again saving hundreds of trees. He could scrub surfaces clean without using cleaning chemicals. It turned out to be a scamwow moment when he read the disclaimers on the packaging and found out that the warranty was limited to occasional use only (once a month) and that it was made from the hides of several endangered species.
Etymology: scam (a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme) + Shamwow (brand of absorbent towel sold via infomercial)
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)
Benefake
Created by: RightOnTheWin
Pronunciation: \ˈbe-nə-ˈfāk\
Sentence: Fredrick recently spent a fortune on remodeling his house to be more “green” for the environment. Everything went well, until the power reserving lamps he had bought, started to burn through the light bulbs like candy. Fredrick realized that most of the remodeling was done on impulse, and he didn’t take into consideration that these environmental friendly appliances could be benefake. Soon, his wife began to notice the problems around the house too; when she sat down to read a book, the newly changed light bulb blew. Fredrick’s wife warned him about overspending without researching first, before he began the remodeling. Fredrick refused to admit that she was right, and insisted that reusing blown bulbs would save power.
Etymology: Benefit (Something that promotes well-being) + fake (Something that is not what it purports to be)
Fakeology
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fayk ol ojee
Sentence: Joule and her husband Kilo Watt had always tried to be a "green" couple. When he brought home the really energy efficient lights that last forever, they did not realize that you could not see well enough to read. Whewn they bought low-octane fuel, it took them twice as long to get anywhere in their car and they used up three times the fuel to get their in the first place. Yep, this fakeology was not really working for them...
Etymology: Fake (Phony, not real, pretend)& Ecology (environmental relationships)
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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Unconservashuns
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: un con serve vay shuns - my way to say cons which serve no good purpose (Oyvay!) deserve shuns
Sentence: To process grains, such as corn, into ethanol, to use as a substitue for the fossil fuel gasoline, takes a great deal of energy. That energy needed to distill it, usually comes from fossil fuels of oil or gas, using more oil or gas, than if you just put gasoline in your vehicle. Ethanol, is not so green, after all. Furthermore, it takes land away from the production of food. This fiasco is so disadvantagous and unproductive, it deserves to bite the dust. Like so many other green products, it saves nothing and is not our salvation. By refusing to purchase and use them, let us make such green flops and duds into unconservashuns.
Etymology: UN - meaning not. CONSERVATION - the word for preserving and protecting before the synonym green became more popular. SHUN - to avoid in every way because it is bad, not good.
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COMMENTS:
My word bothered me all day long ... and after much thought ... I finally fixed it! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:22:00
Really good word and I love your sentence. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:44:00
I agree - splendiction, 2009-03-21: 16:52:00
Double ditto! Good word and sentence Silveryaspen :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-22: 22:45:00
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Enviromeantobe
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: en VIE ro MENt to be
Sentence: A lot of these enviromeantobe products are just a way of getting the consumer to pay more money for the same products. In our lab we tested the components of the enviro dish soap. It turned out to be an exact watered down version of dish soap that was not environmentally friendly.
Etymology: ENVIRONMENT: MEANT TO BE:
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COMMENTS:
excellent!! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-20: 06:18:00
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