Verboticisms

Created by: deadpanwalking

Pronunciation: en-VI-ro-mench

Sentence: When he winked when he told me he'd like to show me his Prius, I knew he was an enviromench.

Etymology: Environment + Mench

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Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: green - no - s

Sentence: Being the greennose that Bill was, he approached Matilda and asked if he could dispose of her used Soda Can after lunch in an ecologically correct collection device. He did this, not because he really cared about recycling but because he knew that Matilda cared very much about the green movement and she happened to be the hottest chick in the office.

Etymology: green + brown nose

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Nosila, 2009-07-14: 22:05:00

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Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: Eco-bi-tion-ist

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Etymology: Eco + exhibitionist

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: eko lo gee zer

Sentence: Stan was a real ladies' man at the Rio di NoHairo Senior's Home. He'd join whatever club there was going to meet up with the cute divorcees and rich widows. He joined the Gray But Green Club and pretended to care about recycling, air quality and saving the Earth. In reality, he was just an ecologeezer looking to get some quick action before the Earth really did end!

Etymology: Ecology (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment;the environment as it relates to living organisms) & Geezer (a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric)

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Created by: bjorn

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Even Larry David needs to give himself an ecoboost every now and then, as he so valiantly attempted when he tried to chase down his fellow Prius driver so he could greet him as a fellow Prius driver.

Etymology: ecological + ego boost

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: con/green/eee/ent

Sentence: Sam was a congreenient environmentalist who stashed his gas guzzler in the garage and got out his bike when the female branch of 'friends of pure air' cycled by.

Etymology: con + green + convenient

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COMMENTS:

Darn those gas guzzlers! :-) - artr, 2009-07-14: 15:46:00

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: speek-oh-sed-uk-shun

Sentence: his mastery of specoseduction turned his rivals green with envy

Etymology: speak + eco + seduction

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Created by: OldEnglish

Pronunciation: GORE-stand-ing

Sentence: Although he used "An Inconvenient Truth" as his "Player's Handbook," somehow Shelby always avoided being accused of Gorestanding.

Etymology: Al Gore + grandstanding

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Created by: Paloma

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Sentence: Reusable tote bags are a must for anyone who wants to ecoflirt at the grocery store.

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: op - per - green - is - tik

Sentence: Simon showed opporgreenistic behavior by mentioning all of his "green" habits around attractive women that he thought to be ecologically motivated. He would tell half-truths and green lies just to impress them.

Etymology: opportunistic (taking advantage of situations that arise; said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles), green

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