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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.
Verboticisms
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Flimophism
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: flim-o-fiz-um
Sentence: I will not be taken in by your flimophism
Etymology: flimflam + sophism
Apocapeddler
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation:
Sentence: George was a bleeding-heart sucker, always sending money to the apocapeddlers on TV.
Etymology: apocalypse + peddler
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...
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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Capocalist
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: Keh-pok-uh-list
Sentence:
Etymology: Apocalypse - Capitalist
Fakemotions
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: fake emotions
Sentence: they are playing with fakemotions
Etymology: fake ande emotions.
Shockbroker
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: shock-bro-kerr
Sentence: he was a lousy husband, a hopeless father and a horrible man... but by god he was the best damn shockbroker i'd ever met
Etymology: shock, stockbroker
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-06: 07:19:00
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Greenfleece
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: green-fleece (pretty obvious)
Sentence: The girl was from the Jackalopes Forever Foundation, which I found out later is nothing but a greenfleece.
Etymology: Greenpeace (environmental activist group) + fleece (to swindle out of money)
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COMMENTS:
Good word sodium! The question is, did you donate? - wordmeister, 2007-02-06: 00:26:00
Excellent! Even better as a verb, but it works as a noun too. - ErWenn, 2007-02-06: 01:13:00
cool! can I get a sticker? - Alchemist, 2007-02-06: 08:27:00
It just rolls off the tongue. It's worthy of adoption by the general populace. - chofu67, 2007-02-06: 11:00:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-06: 12:19:00
Whoops! Dangit. I didn't mean to "join the group." Sorry, sodium, I'm not trying to snag your play! - Osomatic, 2007-02-06: 13:53:00
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Moralterrorist
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: mor-al-tear-or-ist
Sentence: Jackie was a moralterrorist using fear and please of decency to appeal to her audience.
Etymology: morals + terrorist
Fleamonger
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: flee-mong-er
Sentence: The fleamongers always call just as you sit down to dinner.
Etymology: flea + monger (a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way)
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