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DEFINITION: n. A person who pretends to be green because they think global warming is hot. v. To name-drop green status symbols in a shallow attempt to attract comely green people.
Verboticisms
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Ecoflirt
Created by: Paloma
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Reusable tote bags are a must for anyone who wants to ecoflirt at the grocery store.
Etymology:
Ecobitionist
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: Eco-bi-tion-ist
Sentence:
Etymology: Eco + exhibitionist
Enviromench
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
Ingreentiate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: in-green-chee-ate
Sentence: Armand tried to ingreentiate himself with the hot bunny hugger who moved in next door by wearing a Save-the-Whales t-shirt to the neighborhood block party.
Etymology: ingratiate: pander to; suck up to + green
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-14: 12:18:00
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Specoseduction
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: speek-oh-sed-uk-shun
Sentence: his mastery of specoseduction turned his rivals green with envy
Etymology: speak + eco + seduction
Gorestanding
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
Envirostaticize
Created by: courtney0916
Pronunciation: en-vyr-o-stat-uh-size
Sentence: Carmella was not wooed when Hector attempted to envirostaticize her with his energy conserving material possessions.
Etymology: enviroment + status
Ecoboost
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
Greenwannabee
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation: green wanna be
Sentence: the dude is SUCH a greenwannabee, posing like he knows how to recycle, pleaze
Etymology:
Comments:
- 2006-11-13: 07:11:00
How true. Green is the new status symbol. Every frigging celebrity is now wrapped in a fig leaf.
queeny - 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
love this word enviromench . hey, you guys behind the curtain, I want to change my vote.
- 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
Great sentence deadpanwalking: "When he winked when he told me he'd like to show me his Prius, I knew he was an enviromench."
- 2006-11-13: 14:11:00
And this one is funny too -- 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.
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