greenie
An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environmentAn environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
Значение
значений: 17(Австралия, Новая Зеландия, пренебрежительное, сленг)An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
(Australian, шире, разговорное)A member of the Australian Greens.
(США, пренебрежительное, сленг)A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
(разговорное)An unripe fruit.
(США, сленг)A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.
(разговорное)A small, green object.
A small, green object.
(разговорное, сленг)A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
(США, разговорное, сленг)Amphetamines used in baseball.
Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage.
(разговорное)A green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis), of Africa.
(разговорное)A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia.
(разговорное)A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.
(разговорное)A western silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chloronotus), of Western Australia.
Происхождение
From green + -ie. Environmentalist sense first attested in Australia in 1973, referring toFrom green + -ie. Environmentalist sense first attested in Australia in 1973, referring to trade unionists who supported green bans.
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