Greenie

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Greenie or Greeny can refer to:

• A member of the United States Green Party.

• Colloquial name given to the shuttle buses that operate in the University Circle area of Cleveland, Ohio. While currently white, the name comes from their original green color.

• The campus police force at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Slang term used by baseball players referring to a commonly used amphetamine pill, which was often green, and is now banned by Major League Baseball.

• A windsurfing film focussing on Ireland and Maui released in 2004.

• An often derogatory term for one who advocates for protection of the natural environment.

See Environmentalism.

• ESPN Radio host Mike Greenberg (often called "Greeny")

• A type of dog treat, shaped like a green toothbrush called Greenies.

• The slang term used by Latter Day Saints proselyting missionaries referring to new missionaries in the field.

• Boston slang referring to an urban empty lot that is overgrown with weeds.

• Northern British slang referring to the act of spitting out a green Phlegm

• A nickname people mainly from Wyoming give people from Colorado, usually in an insulting way, and refers to the green color of the Colorado license plate.

• A nickname for a green LASER

• A nickname for a Andrew Greenwood

• A nickname for an Electronics Technician Sailor used in the RAN, RN and RNZN.