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HAT TIP [1 record]

Record 1 1994-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

Someone who uses advertising or publicity for exploiting and profiting from public interest in ecology and pollution control.

CONT

Drag the favorite whipping boy, DDT, around the stage for an exemplary flogging. A tip of the hat to Silent Spring, and a pox of the throat to the eco-pornographer of Madison Avenue.

OBS

Eco- is a prefix meaning: of the ecology, esp. relating to pollution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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