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DRY GREENING [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1991-09-25
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- dry greening 1, record 1, English, dry%20greening
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The recycling of the solvent perchlorethylene used in dry cleaning. 1, record 1, English, - dry%20greening
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The cleaning solvent perchlorethylene (commonly known as "perc") is used in dry cleaning, although it is a suspected carcinogen that contaminates groundwater and landfill sites when dumped. Technology is available that allows dry cleaning to reclaim most of the fluid for reuse. 2, record 1, English, - dry%20greening
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The formation of the neologism dry greening appears to be a play on words in the form of a rhyme. This is a form of class-maintaining derivation as the new lexeme replaces "clean" in "dry cleaning" with "green" based on the new concept of a green transition characteristic of the late 1980s. 1, record 1, English, - dry%20greening
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
As no French equivalent was immediately found for this neologism, it is quite feasible to propose a translation. Based on the existing translation of "dry cleaning" and the "virage vert" of the 1990s as discussed in the article entitled "Les écolos au supermarché" in the November 1989 issue of L'Actualité, the following proposition can be made: le nettoyage à sec "vert". This signification of "vert" has also evolved in modern journalistic language, but has yet to be incorporated into current dictionaries. 1, record 1, English, - dry%20greening
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Néologie et emprunts
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- nettoyage à sec vert
1, record 1, French, nettoyage%20%C3%A0%20sec%20vert
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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