DEFINITION: v. To increase the world’s liquid water supply (and dramatically raise the level of our oceans) by accidentally melting the polar ice caps. n. The rising seas and associated flooding due to melting ice caps.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Aquageddon(ner): /ah-kwa-ged-dun/ Arks became all the rage after I singlehandedly spurred the melting of the polar ice caps. Etymology: Aqua-water
geddon-suffix associated with apocalypse Created by: kalex.
Polarthawgraphy: /pole ar thaw gra fee/ When Jill entered university to study polarthawgraphy, she was confused. She first thought polar ice caps were drinks. She thought placing freezers over the poles would ensure they did not melt away, as she was afraid Santa would drown at the North Pole… Etymology: Polar (ice caps) & Thaw (melt) & Graphy (suffix indicating an art or descriptive science) Created by: Nosila.
Theathaw: /theethaw/ Maybe it was his choice of words, maybe his lisp, but when Henry tried to warn people about global warming, his efforts fell on deaf ears. His proclamation to “beware the arctic theathaw” left people wondering why a teetertotter in the tundra could be any concern to them. Etymology: thea (ocean) + thaw (to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt) play on seesaw with a lisp. Created by: artr2.
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