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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.
Verboticisms
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Enviromench
Created by: deadpanwalking
Pronunciation: en-VI-ro-mench
Sentence: When he winked when he told me he'd like to show me his Prius, I knew he was an enviromench.
Etymology: Environment + Mench
Greenwannabee
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation: green wanna be
Sentence: the dude is SUCH a greenwannabee, posing like he knows how to recycle, pleaze
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)
Ecoflirt
Created by: Paloma
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Reusable tote bags are a must for anyone who wants to ecoflirt at the grocery store.
Etymology:
Ingreentiate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: in-green-chee-ate
Sentence: Armand tried to ingreentiate himself with the hot bunny hugger who moved in next door by wearing a Save-the-Whales t-shirt to the neighborhood block party.
Etymology: ingratiate: pander to; suck up to + green
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-14: 12:18:00
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Greepy
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: gree-pee
Sentence: Jennifer loved nature and everything in it. Almost. She was okay with the creepy crawlies -- bugs and worms and maggots. She was fascinated by the big predators -- grizzlies, sharks, and snakes. But she could never get used to the greepy guy who kept jumping in front of her "au naturel", saying "Hey baby! Want to do a little recycling in the sunshine!"
Etymology: green and creepy!
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COMMENTS:
very funny - porsche, 2009-07-14: 12:20:00
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Greennose
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: green - no - s
Sentence: Being the greennose that Bill was, he approached Matilda and asked if he could dispose of her used Soda Can after lunch in an ecologically correct collection device. He did this, not because he really cared about recycling but because he knew that Matilda cared very much about the green movement and she happened to be the hottest chick in the office.
Etymology: green + brown nose
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Nosila, 2009-07-14: 22:05:00
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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:
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
Comments:
- 2006-11-13: 07:11:00
How true. Green is the new status symbol. Every frigging celebrity is now wrapped in a fig leaf.
queeny - 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
love this word enviromench . hey, you guys behind the curtain, I want to change my vote.
- 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
Great sentence deadpanwalking: "When he winked when he told me he'd like to show me his Prius, I knew he was an enviromench."
- 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
And this one is funny too -- 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.
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