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DEFINITION: An individual, or an organization, which profits by selling fear of imminent global destruction and/or eternal damnation.
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Ecolojesus
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ee + col + oh + jeez + us
Sentence: Oh, don't worry about that guy - he just another ecolojesus... he's worried about the effect of dog hair on our planet.
Etymology: ecology + jesus
Kachingdomcome
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ka-ching-dum-kum
Sentence: When pigs failed to fly on 7/7/07, Liz realized she had given her life savings to a kachingdomcome.
Etymology: ka-ching! (sound associated with cashing in), kingdom come
Wrecksploitation
Created by: xtine
Pronunciation: reck-sploy-tay-shun
Sentence: Every time another climate based disaster occurred, Sally mounted another Google keyword ad campaign to collect donations, a shameless example of wrecksploitation.
Etymology: wreckage, exploitation
Flabberboshbomb
Created by: BellaRina
Pronunciation: F-L-A-B-ER-Boo-Sh-Boom
Sentence: please help donate 4$ bfore we haver a FlabberBoshBomb
Etymology: Flabber (FEar) Bosh(OF) Bomb(BOMb)
Opside
Created by: coolkids58
Pronunciation: apsid
Sentence: theres an opside organasation that guy is a opside
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
o=organization p=profits s=selling i=imminent d=distruction/damnation - coolkids58, 2007-08-10: 10:32:00
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Ecogrifter
Created by: Karuma
Pronunciation: ee-ko-grif-tur
Sentence: they all always play those stupid ecogrifter infomercials late at night. that guy is on the long ecogrift.
Etymology: eco=world, grift=a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
Doomonger
Created by: Rossco
Pronunciation: Doo-mon-gur
Sentence: This year's enviro-expo was full of doomongers.
Etymology: global destruction/damnation = doom + (blank)monger (purveyor of whatever)
Jackpotcalypse
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: jak-pot-cah-lips
Sentence: after a strong opening weekend at the cinemas, Al Gore knew he had hit the jackpotcalypse
Etymology: jackpot, apocalypse
Fudbud
Created by: MrPlow42
Pronunciation: Fud - bud
Sentence: Those fudbuds are now trying to convince us that our dogs aren't getting enough cheese.
Etymology: F.U.D. - Information Technology term for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. & Bud - friend.
Doomshark
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: DOOM-Shark
Sentence: Feelbad world, along with a daily dose of dread and damnation, flowed frenetically across the airwaves every evening, delivered by a diamond-dripping doomshark preaching tarabolical times ahead for mankind. But for those faithful who fawnishly followed this foolmonger, and his fickle-feel philosophy, there was much more to fear from him here on terra firma, for financial fleecing was his forte.
Etymology: A conflation of "doom": death, ruin, sad or evil destiny & "shark", (slangish): confidence trickster, parasite, crooked business person (as in land shark, loan shark).
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COMMENTS:
A is for alliteration. ;) - Kyoti, 2007-08-10: 11:03:00
I hate it i just wanted to vote because i know you wont win - BellaRina, 2007-08-10: 11:39:00
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Comments:
iwasatripwire - 2007-08-12: 01:27:00
repeat!