Verboticism: Opporgreenistic
DEFINITION: n. A person who pretends to be green because they think global warming is hot. v. To name-drop green status symbols in a shallow attempt to attract comely green people.
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Ecoboost
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Even Larry David needs to give himself an ecoboost every now and then, as he so valiantly attempted when he tried to chase down his fellow Prius driver so he could greet him as a fellow Prius driver.
Etymology: ecological + ego boost
Ecotunist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ek/oh/toon/nist
Sentence: Many multinational corporations are merely ecotunists in an attempt to score points with young environmentalists.
Etymology: ecological + opportunist
Grasskisser
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He was such a grasskisser that he put his pesticide bottles in the bottom of the recycle bin and covered them with soy milk cartons
Etymology: grass + ass kisser
Ecobitionist
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: Eco-bi-tion-ist
Sentence:
Etymology: Eco + exhibitionist
Greenwannabee
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation: green wanna be
Sentence: the dude is SUCH a greenwannabee, posing like he knows how to recycle, pleaze
Etymology:
Greengadfly
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: green/gad/fly
Sentence: He knew he had met his match when he encountered the leaf-lorn "Greengadfly" as he pitched his woo in the curbside recycle bin.
Etymology: although the origin of the word dates back to the time when a "fly bit the cattle", today in our politically-correct environment it is more closely associated with vagarious, vanity-conscious vegans
Specoseduction
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: speek-oh-sed-uk-shun
Sentence: his mastery of specoseduction turned his rivals green with envy
Etymology: speak + eco + seduction
Congreenient
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: con/green/eee/ent
Sentence: Sam was a congreenient environmentalist who stashed his gas guzzler in the garage and got out his bike when the female branch of 'friends of pure air' cycled by.
Etymology: con + green + convenient
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COMMENTS:
Darn those gas guzzlers! :-) - artr, 2009-07-14: 15:46:00
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Cubicgreenonia
Created by: lauriern
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Roger is a cubicgreenonia, he thinks by acting like he cares for the environment he is just like me. I recycle and he doesn\'t know the difference between paper and plastic!!
Etymology:
Ecologeezer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: eko lo gee zer
Sentence: Stan was a real ladies' man at the Rio di NoHairo Senior's Home. He'd join whatever club there was going to meet up with the cute divorcees and rich widows. He joined the Gray But Green Club and pretended to care about recycling, air quality and saving the Earth. In reality, he was just an ecologeezer looking to get some quick action before the Earth really did end!
Etymology: Ecology (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment;the environment as it relates to living organisms) & Geezer (a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric)
