Verboticism: Envirollusion
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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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
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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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".
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Environmentalies
Created by: EpicButCrazy
Pronunciation: en-vire-oh-ment-al-eyes
Sentence: The program to reuse light bulbs was just a heap of environmentalies. People soon found that they got no light from burnt-out bulbs.
Etymology: environmentalize + lies
Geothermalware
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: gee-o-therm-MAL-ware
Sentence: Filled with despair at the increasing size of his carbon footprint, Henry was demoralised when her recognized that his brand new, self-contained, domestic power station was in fact geothermalware.
Etymology: geothermal (power sourced from the heat of the earth) + malware (malicious software) + mal (bad) + ware (something bought)
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COMMENTS:
well done! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-20: 06:18:00
Great blending! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:11:00
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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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Conservascam
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-ser-VAY-scam
Sentence: Willard 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 and scam, play on the word 'conservation'.
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:41:00
Great word! Like the sentence - splendiction, 2009-03-21: 16:47:00
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Ecologyp
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ee-kol-o-jip
Sentence: Amanda was the suprise hit of the bio-kegger when she entered the wet tee shirt contest wearing her new ecofriendly, organically recycled Kleenex t-shirt she purchased through the Ecologyp company.
Etymology: ecology -- the study of the relationship of organisms and the environment. gyp-- to swindle
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COMMENTS:
Great Create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 09:57:00
Funny! It rolls right off the tongue! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2009-03-23: 16:01:00
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