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DEFINITION: n. An individual, or an organization, which profits by selling fear of imminent global destruction and/or eternal damnation. v. To profit from the prophecy of doom.
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Zealsman
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: Seel-seils-man
Sentence: -Brother Josheph is our new zealsalesman. he will be promoting our cause at the bible-channel from 3 to 5 every wednesday, except during hollidays.
Etymology: Zeal - to be fanatic about a cause, and be convinced in such a degree that every other concern is put back. A salesman is a person who tries to convince other people that their product is invaluable to such a degree that all other concerns is put back.
Flimophism
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: flim-o-fiz-um
Sentence: I will not be taken in by your flimophism
Etymology: flimflam + sophism
Greenvangelist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: green/van/gel/ist
Sentence: He was a god to the environmentalists, the ultimate greenvangelist, the financial savior of their eco-organization.
Etymology: green + evangelist
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COMMENTS:
great word - porsche, 2007-02-06: 12:26:00
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Sodogamor
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: sodo-gamor
Sentence: When teh world goes farther this way, it will be like sodogamor
Etymology: Sodo and you know...
Armagettin
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ärməgetn
Sentence: Earth End, Inc. is armagettin it while they can. Their ”Repent now. Pay less later” t-shirts have done well but their best seller by far has been the fire-and-brimstone-proof cash box.
Etymology: armageddon (the last battle between good and evil) + getting (acquiring)
Frightstalker
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: frite/stocker
Sentence: I am the frightstalker - give me your money
Etymology: Fright + stalker + Night stalker
Holycost
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: hOly-cost
Sentence: The preacher hailed fire from the pulpit. Telling his flock to donate money to his cause, or they could be damned for eternity. He uses the old holycost trick to extract money.
Etymology: holy, as in religigous/holocaust, devastation or destruction/cost, as in money
Necrophobicorp
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: Nek-row-foe-bee-core/korp
Sentence: The most famous of all necrophobicorps, the church, became popular with the genius natives of Africa and the Southern States.
Etymology: From "necrophobia" with is the (irrational) fear of death and "corp" which is an abbreviation of corporation, and two letters short of corpse.
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COMMENTS:
pretty creepily accurate but good word - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-06: 12:23:00
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Reluegers
Created by: Ecke21
Pronunciation: Re luge irs
Sentence: The Reluegers have no concern for the human race at all, they can only see their need for world domination.
Etymology: Relueger... religious liar
Profiterrorist
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: proff-fit-ter-or-ist
Sentence: Profiterrorists are making a bad name for those conservation groups that actually have a legit cause to defend.
Etymology: profiteer+terrorist
Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-02-06: 22:47:00
Too many good words; not enough votes.
squirreleater - 2009-09-11: 17:23:00
I would have gone with republicans