Verboticism: Misgreened
DEFINITION: n. An environmentally friendly program or product which does not live up to expectations. v. To try to save the planet by buying something green only to find out that it's just a load of bunk.
Voted For: Misgreened
Successfully added your vote for "Misgreened".
You still have one vote left...
Gaiarbage
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: guy arb aj
Sentence: The ecologifest had an array of gaiarbage including a lot of AlGorubbish and several inconveniant fruits
Etymology: gaia garbage
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Four great verbotomies! Using gaia is brilliant! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 09:49:00
Awesome. Very appropriate word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:35:00
----------------------------
Energyp
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ener-jip
Sentence: Mia wanted to save the planet, but having more zeal than sense, ended up buying every piece of energyp that was advertised on TV.
Etymology: energy + gyp (defraud, cheat or swindle)
Envirobeedunkabunkistic
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: In-viro-roe-be-dunk-ay-bunk-ist-ik
Sentence: Mr. Western Savealot was all about buying "Envirobeedunkabunkistic" products in order to preserve the planet and energy in his home and save money. However his wife Mrs. Ecofriendly Savealot was becoming less than interested because all of his useless purchases online the Greenskunk site...they never ever worked properly. He told his wife,"well Honey, just wait until tomorrow because I have some new solar rechargeable batteries that have been laying out in the sun charging today that I just bought that will work even brighter in our new bamboo and putty and paperclip Gilligan lantern." Needless to say...Mrs. Ecofriendly Savealot rolled her eyes and was unimpressed.
Etymology: Enviro;Taken from environmental. Be; As in it is. Dunk; To plunk down. Bunk; Bull crap Ist;As in the most like. Ic; As in this is useless CRAP!
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
what a mouthful - petaj, 2009-03-23: 05:01:00
----------------------------
Unconservashuns
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: un con serve vay shuns - my way to say cons which serve no good purpose (Oyvay!) deserve shuns
Sentence: To process grains, such as corn, into ethanol, to use as a substitue for the fossil fuel gasoline, takes a great deal of energy. That energy needed to distill it, usually comes from fossil fuels of oil or gas, using more oil or gas, than if you just put gasoline in your vehicle. Ethanol, is not so green, after all. Furthermore, it takes land away from the production of food. This fiasco is so disadvantagous and unproductive, it deserves to bite the dust. Like so many other green products, it saves nothing and is not our salvation. By refusing to purchase and use them, let us make such green flops and duds into unconservashuns.
Etymology: UN - meaning not. CONSERVATION - the word for preserving and protecting before the synonym green became more popular. SHUN - to avoid in every way because it is bad, not good.
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
My word bothered me all day long ... and after much thought ... I finally fixed it! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:22:00
Really good word and I love your sentence. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:44:00
I agree - splendiction, 2009-03-21: 16:52:00
Double ditto! Good word and sentence Silveryaspen :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-22: 22:45:00
----------------------------
Whattage
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: Wat + aj
Sentence: Although Donna pledged to help the "green" movement by buying products that were supposed to last longer, she found that she often had a whattage problem. Either the bulbs did not give her enough light or they were more environmentally unfriendly to dispose of then the ones she used before.
Etymology: What? and Wattage
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Fits right into the cartoon! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:12:00
Whatt Whit! - Nosila, 2009-03-20: 23:06:00
I like it. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:22:00
----------------------------
Bozone
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bo zone
Sentence: Manny's invention of unlights was a typical example of a bozone...something which had good intentions, butr failed to meet needs.
Etymology: Bozo (clown name, foolish person) & Ozone (the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation, which is being eroded by greenhouse affect)
Fakeology
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fayk ol ojee
Sentence: Joule and her husband Kilo Watt had always tried to be a "green" couple. When he brought home the really energy efficient lights that last forever, they did not realize that you could not see well enough to read. Whewn they bought low-octane fuel, it took them twice as long to get anywhere in their car and they used up three times the fuel to get their in the first place. Yep, this fakeology was not really working for them...
Etymology: Fake (Phony, not real, pretend)& Ecology (environmental relationships)
Sneakosystem
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sneek o sis tem
Sentence: When Gabby Tat decided to join the green movement, a slick salesman sold him an expensive earthworm farm, complete with millions of the wiggly creatures, to help renew the earth and rid the soil of impurities. Gabby bragged about his "farm"...which was in his urban backyard. A few days after he "planted" his livestock, he went out on a rainy day to check on the "herd". To his surprise, when he turned over the soil, he could find no worms. He then figured he'd bought a sneakosystem. Hundreds of robins had decided to visit his backyard and now he knew why!
Etymology: Sneak (someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions;make off with belongings of others) & Ecosystem (a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment)
Greenfrauducts
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: green fraud ucts
Sentence: Cleaners and other products claiming to be eco-friendly because they are clear may actually be greenfrauducts. These fraudulently-eco-friendly products cost more, but may contribute the same chemicals to the water supply and earth as regular products. Another type of greenfrauduct marketed to unthinking consumers are the group of products that are already organic: such as “organic” fruits and vegetables - aren’t they organic just as they are? “Organic” needs definition as “grown without chemicals or pesticides” to avoid promotion of greenfrauducts.
Etymology: From green products and fraud. Greenfrauducts are a group of products that are marketed as earth-friendly but which are either not such or are already earth-friendly.
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Agreed! Excellent verbotomy! Easy to remember and the meaning is so readily apparent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-22: 16:27:00
----------------------------
Ecofarsology
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: eko fars ahl ogee
Sentence: Brian read about the new movement to save the planet. There were stickers on products that were "touted" as environmentally friendly. Some of them cost more but promised to either last longer or be more friendly to the environment. After using some of these products, Brian was wondering whether it was all a bunch of ecofarsology.
Etymology: Ecological and Farse
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 09:49:00
Terrific word. - Mustang, 2009-03-20: 21:34:00
Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:39:00
----------------------------