[Ads-l] "fractivist"; not in OED

[Ben Zimmer]

More typically spelled "fracktivist," it was noted on the list by Garson
O'Toole and James Landau in 2012.

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2012-January/115924.html
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2012-January/115926.html

Paul McFedries gives examples back to 2010 on Wordspy.

http://wordspy.com/index.php?word=fracktivist


On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:

> (1)  "Activists Push Fracking Onto Agenda," by Ttrip Gabriel and Coral
> Davenport, NYTimes, April 5, 2016, page A16 (New England Edition), col. 1.
>
> "Even after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo banned fracking state-wide in 2014, many
> activists -- who call themselves fractivists -- remain on the front lines
> of climate fights ...".
>
> (2)  2013:  Shane Davis, Fractivist.com — Read The
> Dirtreadthedirt.org/author/shane-davis
>
> Jul 8, 2013 - Shane Davis, Fractivist.com Shane Davis is a data-miner,
> activist, biologist and the founder of Fractivist.com, 'a not for profit'
> anti-fracking investigative blog about the Colorado Oil and Gas industry
> and the Oil and Gas Conservation.  [Google Books]
>
>
> (3)  2013, Shane Davis the coiner:  From the Washington Examiner (online),
> " 'Fractivists' caught in flood of Colorado lies", by Ron Arnold
> (@Ron_Arnold) • 10/27/13 12:00 AM.  [Google]
>
>
> "Shane Davis, oil & gas research manager for the Sierra Club's Rocky
> Mountain chapter, guided CNN, CBS and NPR on media tours in a small plane
> belonging to EcoFlight, an aerial snooper for great Images of anything
> resembling environmental damage. The media got horrifying Images of stained
> water demolishing all in its path.Davis is something of a fracking-obsessed
> one-man army: he coined the term “fractivist,” is regional campaign
> director of Gasland – Josh Fox’s anti-fracking movie crusade – and works
> closely with Colorado’s local anti-drilling ballot initiatives."
>
>
>

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