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greenie

[gree-nee] / ˈgri ni /


NOUN
cub reporter
Synonyms
NOUN
environmentalist
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So will Amazon crack down on its outspoken greenie employees?

From Seattle Times Jan. 29, 2020

As anger erupted over the Facebook post on Sunday, Christensen altered it to say: “You gotta ask yourself, do you have a sense of humour, greenie punks? Obviously not.”

From The Guardian Feb. 18, 2018

“If you are funded by industry, people are suspicious of your research. If you’re not funded, you’re accused of being a tree-hugging greenie activist. There’s no scientist who comes out of this unscathed.”

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2016

"They called me a greenie and a tree hugger," he recalls.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even tripped over that warning alarm like a greenie.''

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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