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- noun informal, derogatory A person with a
passion forprotecting thenatural environment ; anecological activist .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But while Carpenter is a self-described "ecofreak," she manages to avoid sermonizing about the nobility of her endeavor.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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A few weeks ago some ecofreak spoke to a group of seniors, and we were told to take home a free squiggly bulb, (ab govt & utility co, giving these away) One of his projections was, if everyone went to these bulbs, it would be the equivalent of taking 750,000 cars off the road.
Why I Like Blogs Better Than The MSM « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Palp away ecofreak you look so good, no one could fault you for riding such a monstrosity. see 30-Rock for pretty people's world view
The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle on Earth Day: Guilt Complex, Complex Guilt BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Want to live like a real ecofreak without any electricity?
World Prout Assembly Editor 2010
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It may be a bit unfair to judge the depth of his thinking by such faux pas as likening a national sales tax to “waving a magic wand, releasing us from pain and unfairness”, setting a goal “that we will be free of energy consumption in this country within a decade”, trying to meld the foreign policy thinking of woozy ecofreak Thomas Friedman and hard-line neoconservative Frank Gaffney, or spectacularly flip-flopping on immigration (from supporting in-state tuition for children of illegal aliens to boasting an endorsement from the head of the Minutemen), but how much other material do we have on which to base a judgement?
Stromata Blog: 2007
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It may be a bit unfair to judge the depth of his thinking by such faux pas as likening a national sales tax to “waving a magic wand, releasing us from pain and unfairness”, setting a goal “that we will be free of energy consumption in this country within a decade”, trying to meld the foreign policy thinking of woozy ecofreak Thomas Friedman and hard-line neoconservative Frank Gaffney, or spectacularly flip-flopping on immigration (from supporting in-state tuition for children of illegal aliens to boasting an endorsement from the head of the Minutemen), but how much other material do we have on which to base a judgement?
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