Verboticism: Wastenotwoenot

'You can't put paper towels in the paper recycling!!'

DEFINITION: n. Anxiety created by an inability to understand or follow the regulations for recycling, composting and garbage collection. v. To feel confused and conflicted because you produce too much garbage and don't know how to get rid of it.

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Wastenotwoenot

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: waste not woe not

Sentence: Zach's wastenotwoenot had become so bad that he had resorted to interviewing his great grandmother about how she used to crochet floor rugs from fabric scraps, rinse out bread bags for re-use, use magazine pages for toilet paper and boil up soap scraps to create a new bar of soap.

Etymology: waste not, want not (adage from the old days of environmentalism, known as the great depression when everything that could be reused was) + woe (sorrow, anxiety)

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Comments: Wastenotwoenot

Jabberwocky - 2008-03-25: 12:14:00
they really had the right idea didn't they?

silveryaspen - 2008-03-25: 12:52:00
So true! So glad you presented this important part of the issue, the heart of the matter. Sentence and word are Superb!