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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
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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
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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
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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)
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
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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
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Bunkinjunked
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: bunk-in-junked
Sentence: Larry didn't notice that his bunkinjunked bargains...were just someone else's trash.
Etymology: Bunk - Empty talk; nonsense. In - Within the limits, bounds, or area of. Junked - Discarded material, such as glass, rags, paper, or metal, some of which may be reused in some form.
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
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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
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Gargreenbage
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gar-green-badge
Sentence: The recycled toilet paper idea turned out to be gargreenbage. The yellow and brown stains were difficult to ignore and were impossible to get rid of.
Etymology: green + garbage (as in crap)
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COMMENTS:
Ewwww... - karenanne, 2010-10-04: 14:58:00
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Conservascam
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-ser-VAY-scam
Sentence: 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'.
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:41:00
Great word! Like the sentence - splendiction, 2009-03-21: 16:47:00
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Conservascam
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-ser-VAY-scam
Sentence: Sherman 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' (save) and 'scam' (con job)
Gaiaaaargh
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gai aaaaargh
Sentence: He began to doubt the gaiaaaargh theory around the time that he saw Mr. lovelock buying a ticket to the moon.
Etymology: gaia aaaargh
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by readerwriter. Thank you readerwriter. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-03-23: 15:06:00
Your great definition, readerwriter, and your clever cartoon, James sure inspired a spate of great creates!
I thought I had bright idea, but it was bit dark... ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-03-24: 16:28:00
I thought your clever use of color and shading to express darkness visually in your cartoon was brilliant! I know that's an oxymoron, but I couldn't figure out another way to say it!
Today's definition was suggested by readerwriter. Thank you readerwriter. ~ James