enviro
English
Etymology
Short for environmentalist.
Noun
enviro (plural enviros)
- (informal) An ecofreak.
- 2010, Craig Collins, Toxic Loopholes: Failures and Future Prospects for Environmental Law, page 9:
- Indeed, this dwindling number of agency “enviros” has been the EPA's conscience over the years. William Sanjour was one of these endangered species of enviros who worked tirelessly to compel the EPA to reform itself and fulfill its mission.
- 2011, Gary Jason, Dangerous Thoughts, unnumbered page,
- The book became one of the enviros’ bibles, and they managed to convince the EPA to ban the use of DDT in the United States in 1972.
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