Shaleionaire
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who has become rich by allowing natural gas to be extracted from a shale deposit situated below land they own.
"What we have here is a modern-day gold rush or, more correctly, a shale gas rush, which I have termed a shalenanza, which has created many shaleionaires (a term invented by someone else)."
Example
More examples"What we have here is a modern-day gold rush or, more correctly, a shale gas rush, which I have termed a shalenanza, which has created many shaleionaires (a term invented by someone else)."
Etymology
Blend of shale + millionaire.
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