Verboticisms

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: green/gad/fly

Sentence: He knew he had met his match when he encountered the leaf-lorn "Greengadfly" as he pitched his woo in the curbside recycle bin.

Etymology: although the origin of the word dates back to the time when a "fly bit the cattle", today in our politically-correct environment it is more closely associated with vagarious, vanity-conscious vegans

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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: 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: 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: 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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Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: Eco-bi-tion-ist

Sentence:

Etymology: Eco + exhibitionist

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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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He was such a grasskisser that he put his pesticide bottles in the bottom of the recycle bin and covered them with soy milk cartons

Etymology: grass + ass kisser

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ek/oh/toon/nist

Sentence: Many multinational corporations are merely ecotunists in an attempt to score points with young environmentalists.

Etymology: ecological + opportunist

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: gree-pee

Sentence: Jennifer loved nature and everything in it. Almost. She was okay with the creepy crawlies -- bugs and worms and maggots. She was fascinated by the big predators -- grizzlies, sharks, and snakes. But she could never get used to the greepy guy who kept jumping in front of her "au naturel", saying "Hey baby! Want to do a little recycling in the sunshine!"

Etymology: green and creepy!

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COMMENTS:

very funny - porsche, 2009-07-14: 12:20:00

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