Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. New Zealand, slang, often derogatory An environmentalist; someone who shows concern for the environment.
- n. Australia, by extension A member of the Green Party.
- n. US, derogatory, slang A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
- n. US, slang A beginner, a novice.
- n. US, slang A tablet of amphetamine.
Etymologies
- From green + -ie. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A pretty little green bird called a greenie or chickowee used to be officially Meliphaga and is now Lichenostomus, and three species of Australian magpies, because they were found to interbreed, are now one species with the old specific names retained as varietal names, so that South Australia's emblem, the white-backed magpie, maggie to his friends, is in full dress Gymnorhina tibicens hypoleuca.”
“Fishermann drives home a very good point in that being ultra "greenie" actually marginalizes the content ... you are less effective in forwarding an agenda by shouting from the fringe.”
“A typical BBC/CND''greenie' attitude: "UK 'must slash defence spending'" 'Front page.”
“In the final section of today's masterpiece on 'dirty shipping industry', he lays out approvingly what the dictatorial, self-important, unrepresentative 'greenie' lobby groups demand of shipping; Harrabin says that shipping industry is unreasonably doing what the greenies and and 'scientists' don't want, QED, shipping industry is bad.”
“There is NO BBC questioning of its Labour government's plans, except, predictably, from a 'greenie' position: the plans do not go far enough.”
“The utopian, 'greenie' self-deceived BBC ignores the negative evidence about wind farms, which Christopher Booker and others have exposed, e.g.”
“The BBC's outright support for 'greenie' action at Kingsnorth in the recent past is scandalous.”
“I hope you enjoy my blog, and please feel free to connect with me to share concerns, accolades or anything else on your "greenie" mind!”
Stefanie Michaels: Switzerland- voted #1 Green Country in the World
“Yes, new perspective is fantastic - especially with a Europe 'greenie'.”
“Whores would rip one another apart, yet defend a sworn enemy to the police; would show a young 'greenie' the ropes, then try and muscle in on her punter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘greenie’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Open List: Greens
A lits of greens: cooked leafy vegetables; pigments, paint names, compound words, etc; words and phrases that pertain to or contain "green". Please add your favorites!
See this list f...greenery, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, green shoots, viridian green, malachite green, sap green, green grocer, radish greens, beet greens, spring green and 282 more...
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green phrases/ words
green,how its used
green acres, green activist, green alder, green-and-gold, green and pale, green and wan, green anole, green apron, green architecture, green arrow, green ash, green audit and 393 more...
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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whaling terms
Terms defined in the glossary of Clifford W. Ashley's "Yankee Whaler".
advance, adze, after house, after oar, agent, air up, alow, ambergris, apeak, article, away, bailer and 299 more...
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Aussie: ie/ee/y/ey
Australians are in love with having an 'ee' sound on the end of their words. Typically, take a word and chop it down to the shortest it can be while still understandable, then add an 'ee' sound; sp...
brickie, telly, barbie, footy, housie, billy, bodgie, pokie, bodgy, talkie, chrissy, u-ie and 40 more...
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Mormonisms
Wanna talk to Mitt Romney about religion? Here are some words that have unique meanings in the Mormon church. To find Mormon meanings, see www.mormon.org.
ward, stake, melchizedek, aaronic, relief society, free agency, investigator, laurel, mia maid, beehive, sealing, patriarch and 10 more...
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KateO's Words
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