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.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Conservascam: /con-ser-VAY-scam/ Willard had just made the first payment on the water recovery and power saver program he bought from the door to door salesman when he began to realize it was really a conservascam and the worst part was his wife, Wilma, sneering and reminding him she’d tried to steer him away from the slick talking salesman. Etymology: Blend of conserve and scam, play on the word ‘conservation’. Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Conservascam:
kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:41:00
Good word.splendiction, 2009-03-21: 16:47:00
Great word! Like the sentence
Ecologyp: /ee-kol-o-jip/ Amanda was the suprise hit of the bio-kegger when she entered the wet tee shirt contest wearing her new ecofriendly, organically recycled Kleenex t-shirt she purchased through the Ecologyp company. Etymology: ecology — the study of the relationship of organisms and the environment.
gyp– to swindle Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Ecologyp:
silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 09:57:00
Great Create!chaiandallthatjazz, 2009-03-23: 16:01:00
Funny! It rolls right off the tongue!
Unconservashuns: /un con serve vay shuns – my way to say cons which serve no good purpose (Oyvay!) deserve shuns/ 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. Created by: silveryaspen.
Comments on Unconservashuns:
silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:22:00
My word bothered me all day long … and after much thought … I finally fixed it!kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:44:00
Really good word and I love your sentence.splendiction, 2009-03-21: 16:52:00
I agreeabrakadeborah, 2009-03-22: 22:45:00
Double ditto! Good word and sentence Silveryaspen 🙂
Enviralmental: /-in-vi-rall-men-tull-/ Susanne was shocked to find that her hand-cranked radio contained over 32 grams of lead, an ounce of mercury in its power converter device, and the soul of an orphan boy. Her green intentions had been hand-converted into nature poison via this enviralmental piece of crap from Venture Industries. Etymology: environmental – viron + viral Created by: Banky.
Comments on Enviralmental:
silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:13:00
Excellent word for so many things containing toxins. Excellent!Mustang, 2009-03-20: 21:33:00
Very good!Nosila, 2009-03-20: 23:09:00
Enviralmetally good word, banky!kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:27:00
Soul of an orphan boy? Yikes! Very good word combination.
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