Verboticisms

Created by: niko23

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: tear-uh-muh-ged-un-ist

Sentence: We have stopped inviting Cathy to the beach with us. Her terramageddonist reminders of how the beach sand which sticks to our feet increases erosion and leads to the extinction of all sea turtles, is too much for us to bear.

Etymology: terra (Earth) + armegeddon (end of Earth) + ist (pertaining to a person/organization); also, the tie with "terror" and "terrorist"

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Created by: kellii3

Pronunciation: destruct im in ation

Sentence: do not beleive all of the destructimination scams that people use to scare the money from us.

Etymology: destruct - destruct imin - imminent ation - destruction

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: echo-pour-ee-um

Sentence: I went to the ecoporium today. I needed to assuage my guilt from overconsumerism and fear of global destruction by indulging in some retail therapy. So I put some pure wool gloves, knitted by hand in the Gobi Desert, sailed across the ocean and delivered by Prius to the shops. I put them on my carboncredit card.

Etymology: ecology + emporium

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You have to watch out that those carboncredit cards don't catch a light a burn a hole in your pocket. - petaj, 2007-08-12: 02:44:00

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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)

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