Sunday, December 19, 2004

penguin-mongering

present participle. Trading or trafficking in penguins.

Related words: fear-mongering, hate-mongering, rumor-mongering, war-mongering, scare-mongering, hype-mongering, threat-mongering, peace-mongering, slogan-mongering, blame-mongering, panic-mongering, excuse-mongering, coup-mongering, scandal-mongering, communist-mongering, power-mongering, terror-mongering, noise-mongering, profit-mongering, ballad-mongering, nostalgia-mongering, list-mongering, malaise-mongering, fad-mongering, sleaze-mongering, doom-mongering, victim-mongering, gossip-mongering, publicity-mongering, conspiracy-mongering, sailor-mongering.

Real citation: "No. either fishmongering or even penguinmongering"
(Regal Eagle, http://forums.cpfc.org/showthread/t-5433-p-109.html)

Made-up citation: "Though I do wish penguins were as plentiful and giddy as potholes around here, I don't think these accusations of penguin-mongering are well-founded."

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