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greenwashing 

when companies pretend to be environmentally friendly when in fact they are not.
Both are examples of "greenwashing".

- planting a tree to clear your conscience of your new carbon emitting SUV purchase.

- Kyoto accord, the theory of emissions credits, where a country may go over their limit, but instead of dealing with the issue they just buy the unused credits off of a country that has not used all of theirs.
greenwashing by Pete @ Humber October 2, 2007
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Greenwalled 

The act of finger blasting a woman while driving without asking for permission or setting it up ahead of time.
A friend of a friend gave me a ride home from the bar last night. Just after we turned onto Main Street he Greenwalled me!
Greenwalled by Tainttickl3er October 4, 2019

greenwalding

Cherry picking content then spinning it out of context in order to defame someone. Named after lawyer/author Glenn Greenwald.
"Richard Nixon was fond of greenwalding his opponents. Goebbels was a master of the greenwalder's art. Sam Harris is often greenwalded." - Richard Dawkins
greenwalding by donroberto April 11, 2016
When you smoke so much weed the night before that the next morning you are still a little high, and still have the munchies.
Damn dude, I had such a bad greenover this morning I couldn't get up for work!
greenover by abee89 August 19, 2009

greenage 

Where is the greenage?
greenage by The Greenage October 4, 2005

greenwalding

The act of misrepresenting a more intelligent person's superior argument, typically on social media in the form of poorly written material under the guise of journalism.
Richard Nixon was fond of greenwalding his opponents. Goebbels was a master of the greenwalder's art. Sam Harris is often greenwalded.
greenwalding by udprovo April 12, 2016

greenwash 

Political term, meaning a whitewash except over something ecological. A greenwash is when an environmentally destructive corporation or institution gives itself a makeover to make itself look ecologically friendly, without really changing anything. For instance, it embraces green-sounding rhetoric and imagery, produces glossy PR about its supposed environmental initiatives and makes a show of "listening" to opponents, but it doesn't actually abandon the practices which led to its being condemned as being anti-ecological in the first place.
BP's rebranding, including a new logo with a yellow sun on a green background and slogans about looking after the planet, is a classic example of greenwash.
greenwash by Andy May 2, 2004