Definitions by S. Levine
gunpoint environmentalism
Refers to environmentalism forced upon a group, company, or person or persons with the consequence of severe financial hardship in the event of non-compliance.
First coined by novelist Eric Shawn in his thriller The Power.
First coined by novelist Eric Shawn in his thriller The Power.
Example: California's (failed) laws governing the automotive industry requiring that a specified percentage of all cars on the road be zero-emission vehicles by a certain date. That is gunpoint environmentalism.
Example sentence: Congress' new bills providing grants only to farmers engaged in so-called "green" agricultural practices amount to gunpoint environmentalism as landowners scramble to comply.
Example sentence: Congress' new bills providing grants only to farmers engaged in so-called "green" agricultural practices amount to gunpoint environmentalism as landowners scramble to comply.
gunpoint environmentalism by S. Levine March 30, 2008
immortendorology
1. The scientific field which studies concepts, drugs, and techniques for extending human life indefinitely. 2. The science of life-extension with the ideal of an immortal homo-sapiens.
etymology: first coined by thriller novelist Eric Shawn in the novel The Power. From the latin immort (not death) + tendor (stretch).
immortendorologist, immortendorologically
etymology: first coined by thriller novelist Eric Shawn in the novel The Power. From the latin immort (not death) + tendor (stretch).
immortendorologist, immortendorologically
Cutting edge tools in immortendorology will lead to a five-hundred year lifespan and beyond for humans.
immortendorology by S. Levine January 14, 2008