monergyn.
/ˈmʌnədʒi/, U.S. /ˈmənərdʒi/ Chiefly British. Now historical.
Expenditure on energy, spec. expenditure which can be reduced by means of energy-saving measures. Also: a campaign to promote conservation of energy launched in 1985 by the British government.
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monergy1985
1985 Observer 29 Sept. 16/2 An energy-saving campaign, with the awful slogan ‘Get more for your monergy.’ The hideous word, ‘monergy’,..was thought up by..Saatchi and Saatchi.
1986 Times 27 Mar. 17/4 Inaction on nuclear matters cannot be absolved by an enthusiasm for ‘monergy’.
1990 Planet 82 Aug. 60 Efficiency in use [of energy] also requires conservation, lower energy appliances and domestic insulation, and the government's soft pedalling on its ‘monergy’ campaign is to be regretted.
1992 Food Manuf. (Nexis) July 33 They ran a major awareness campaign called Monergy in 1986, which was Energy Efficiency Year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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