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greenie

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Definitions

  1. An environmentalist, often used informally.

Word origin

From green + -ie. Environmentalist sense first attested in Australia in 1973, referring to trade unionists who supported green bans.

Used in a sentence

  • People ask me if am I a greenie and I go, ‘No, not in the sense that I chain myself to trees, no I′m not. But in the sense that I am concerned about the environment and do my little bit to help, then yes I am.’
  • “What′s a greenie doing with a gas hog like that?”
  • At Alcova, the problem is compounded for the fool or fools when they have greenie license plates and behave like tourists. The growing combative presence in their rear is chalk full of true Wyoming grit.

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