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—tree-hugging, adj./tree"hug'euhr/, n.an environmentalist, esp. one concerned with preserving forests.[1985-90]
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tree hugger — noun derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests • Usage Domain: ↑disparagement, ↑depreciation, ↑derogation • Hypernyms: ↑environmentalist, ↑conservationist * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
Tree\ Hugger — A particularly extreme environmentalist. Did you ever see that Tree Hugger who spent 2 whole years sitting on a giant redwood tree, so it wouldn t be cut down? If she had just worked those 2 years, she could have saved her money and simply bought … Dictionary of american slang
Tree\ Hugger — A particularly extreme environmentalist. Did you ever see that Tree Hugger who spent 2 whole years sitting on a giant redwood tree, so it wouldn t be cut down? If she had just worked those 2 years, she could have saved her money and simply bought … Dictionary of american slang
tree hugger — noun (disapproving) An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging. Lets go now, tree hugger, gasped one of them. The shows over. Everybody beat it, ordered the other. Syn: prairie fairy … Wiktionary
tree-hugger — tree′ hug ger n. inf an environmentalist, esp. one concerned with preserving forests • Etymology: 1985–90 tree′ hug ging, adj … From formal English to slang
tree hugger — tree hug|ger [ tri ,hʌgər ] noun count VERY INFORMAL someone who wants to protect the environment, especially forests. This word shows that you think people like this are silly and annoying … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
