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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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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...
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
Bankalypse
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bay - kal - ips
Sentence: In the time of the Bankalypse, there were great stirrings in the plunderworld. Many evil people stashed enormous sums of currenseer at the First Bank of Hades. They were fire and brimstone profiteeers who had taken up donations from fearful citizens.
Etymology: bank, apocalypse
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COMMENTS:
good word! - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-03: 15:01:00
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Phobortunist
Created by: rolanddeschain
Pronunciation: fobe-or-tune-ist
Sentence: "You're such a phobortunist!" the Nephilim growled through the rain at Noah, who was standing guard at the concession stand outside the gangplank leading to his ark.
Etymology: phobia (fear) + opportunist (one who takes advantage of a situation for personal gain)
Greensleeveen
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: greeeen sleeeee veeeeeen
Sentence: This greensleeveen was a small smooth adorable ecothief, more a laprachaun than a leprachaun with a great line in blarney and the morals of a whore.
Etymology: green sleeveen (Irish; a sly obsequious smooth-tongued person [from Irish Gaelic slíbhín] :It isn't any wonder at all that a child would be a liar and a sleeveen and a trampler of the roads with the first man that nods to her when her mother is a foolish person that she can't trust. —Mary, Mary)
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.
Enviroscammer
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: en-VIE-roe-scam-uhr
Sentence: I was almost hooked, until the enviroscammer said, "And if you donate now, you'll recieve this nifty "think green" sticker for your Hummer."
Etymology: enviro(ment) + scammer
Endvender
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: End-vend-der
Sentence: The two endvenders made completely different predictions: the Republican warned that terrorism would destroy Western civilisation, while the Democrat was convinced global warming was the real threat to the free world.
Etymology: End+vender. Vender: seller. Suggests "engender", to induce something (such as a feeling of fear).
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COMMENTS:
This is good! Become an endvender -- a salesman for the apocalypse! - wordmeister, 2007-02-06: 09:00:00
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Annihilucrative
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: uh-nahy-uh-loo-kruh-tiv
Sentence: As much as the end of the world, as predicted by the Mayan calendar, has been in the news Jill decided to make some money from it. She has started a company that produces calendars that only go to December 21, the supposed last day for Earth. It has proved to be very annihilucrative.
Etymology: annihilation (Utter destruction. ) + lucrative (productive, well-paid )
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