Verboticism: Geothermalware
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.
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)
Points: 878
Comments: Geothermalware
galwaywegian - 2009-03-20: 06:18:00
well done!
silveryaspen - 2009-03-20: 21:11:00
Great blending!