DEFINITION: n. Anxiety created by an inability to understand or follow the regulations for recycling, composting and garbage collection. v. To feel confused and conflicted because you produce too much garbage and don’t know how to get rid of it.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Illitteracy: /il lit ter as see/ Betty & Bob both suffered from illitteracy. They still could not figure out what was recyclable, compostable or just plain trash. They even tried joining Waste Watchers. This confusion was further added to by their garbage collectors, who were moody jokers. Sometimes they would take away the stuff, sometimes not. After all Bob & Betty’s efforts and research on the Web about environmental responsibility, imagine their surprise if they found out that their town just dumped it all in the same landfill anyway! Etymology: Ill (sick from; distressing; a cause for complaining ) & Iliteracy (an inability to read;ignorance resulting from not reading) & Litter (garbage, refuse, trash, especially that left in public places)
Created by: Nosila.
Recycoanalysis: /ree SIKE oh ahn AL uh sis/ The amount of recycoanalysis that Ann Ziety goes through just to decide where to put some of her refuse and discarded items makes it almost a second job. It can probably be traced to the fact that her parents are huge environmentalists and were recycling back in the 70’s, before it was cool or even all that convenient. All they ever read when she was a child was “Mother Earth” and the Sierra Club magazine, which they then pressed into pellets and burned in their wood-burning fireplace. Ann never feels that she can measure up to her parents’ high standards. Even today, they pick through the neighbors’ trash and re-sort it into the proper recycling containers. Their neighbors say fondly that they put the “mental” in “environmental.” For example, if Ann’s mother were reading today’s Verbotomy, she would be quick to point out that, of course, used paper towels, as well as napkins and coffee filters, should be COMPOSTED. Etymology: recycle + psychoanalysis Created by: karenanne.
Recyclebabble: /rēsīkləbabəl/ Sally is confused by recyclebabble. One day she hears that you can recycle some items, the next day no. One week everything needs to be separated, the next week no. Just last week somebody told her that many cities put recyclables into landfills. As she finishes a carton of eggs, she shutters at the thought of what to do with it. Etymology: recycle (convert (waste) into reusable material) + babble (talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish manner) Created by: artr.
Insanitation: /“in-SAN-i-tay-SHUN”/ Sharon’s insanitation has greatly increased since she moved to Green Acres, a community where everyone recycles. Her insanitation has gotten so bad she swears to her husband that the “recycle police” are coming to get her! Etymology: Combination of the words “insanity” and
“sanitation” Created by: lplybon.
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