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econut

econut noun: one who takes a strong interest in environmental issues.

Noun

econut (plural econuts)

  1. (derogatory, slang) One who takes a strong interest in environmental issues.
    • Murder, arson, rape, pestilence and doom, screamed the econuts. Death by radioactivity, malformed children for generations, atomic holocaust. Not one bugaboo of the econuts' arsenal of horror tales was left unused[…]1973, Petr Beckmann, Eco-hysterics and the technophobes, page 91

Forms of econut

pluraleconuts

Origin of econut

From eco- + nut.

Questions about econut

What does econut mean?
Econut means one who takes a strong interest in environmental issues.
What part of speech is econut?
Econut is a noun.
What is the plural of econut?
The plural of econut is econuts.

Words near econut in the dictionary

  1. econophysicists
  2. econophysics
  3. econopolitical
  4. econopolitics
  5. econs
  6. econut
  7. econuts
  8. econym
  9. econyms
  10. ecoparalog
  11. ecoparalogs

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