Many puns have been made about Copenhagen. Here is the comprehensive list. Still looking for vowel possibilities.
Bogen-hagen: (n) A rude westerner who expects every Danish person to know where Australia is.
“Don’t be a bogen-hagen, use a map.”
Bropen-hagen: (n) A male friend with whom one feels closer after close collaboration in pursui
t of climate justice.
“We have been bropen-hagens ever since COP15”
Choken-hagen: (v) Being rendered speechless by a chance brush with a well-known person affiliated with climate change.
“I was sitting next to the Danish Prime Minister with nothing to say. I was choken-hagen.”
Chopen-hagen: (n) An increase in deforestation resulting from the inclusion of loopholes in the COP15 treaty text.
“They thought it was a good deal, but it lead to chopen-hagen.”
Chopin-hagen: (n) The practise of imagining a soundtrack to the day’s events.
“It was so emotional, all I had was Chopin-hagen.”
Coken-hagen: (n) To be scrutinised for being seen by a fellow advocate drinking multinational products.
“I had made a really good impression, but then she gave me Coken-hagen.”
Copen-hagen: (n) Struggling to put up with discouragement.
“There are disappointing outcomes, but we are copen-hagen.”
COPen-hagen: (n) The 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Specifically, the Bella Centre.
“I am in COPen-hagen.”
Croaken-hagen: (n) (coll.) What several Pacific islands might do if an ambitious treaty is not achieved.
“I come from Kiribati. Do not let us Croaken-hagen.”
Dopen-hagen: (n) A local term for Christiania, a free commune existing inside Copenhagen.
“Let’s go to Dopen-hagen and buy some odd bikes.”
Elopen-hagen: (v) The decision to never return to one’s home country after having left and fallen in love with another climate advocate.
“I have decided to elopen-hagen with an actions coordinator from DC.”
Flopen-hagen: (n) The losing of one’s interest in another person after learning that they are on the wrong side of the climate change debate.
“I learned that this girl was a fan of Senator Inhofe. Such a flopen-hagen.”
Gropen-hagen: (n) The experience of catching the bus to the Bella Centre in peak hour.
“I left early to avoid Gropen-hagen.”
Hopen-hagen: (n) What you need to get through COPen-hagen.
“All we can do is hopen-hagen.”
Isotopen-hagen: (n) The nuclear lobby inside COPen-hagen.
“Talks stalled after lobbying by Isotopen-hagen.”
Joken-hagen: (n) To employ gallows humour as a defence mechanism against the awful reality of the climate crisis.
“Sometimes all we can do is joken-hagen.”
Lockandload-enhagen: (n) The police response to peaceful protests outside the Bella Centre.
“Besieged by chants and opposition to oil mining, the Politi resorted to lockandload-enhagen.”
Mopen-hagen: (n) The slightly fed-up behaviour of NGOs kicked out of the Bella Centre.
“After being refused admission, Young FoE had a strong sense of mopen-hagen.”
Nohopen-hagen: (n) A collective term for the likes of Steve Fielding, ie, those who have no relevance to or place in the UN Climate Change Conference.
“What is that nohopen-hagen doing in here?”
Open-hagen: (a) A contentious description of a city in lockdown.
“This place is open-hagen: I got stopped three times by the police.”
Popen-hagen: (n) Religious arguments in support of addressing the climate crisis.
“I wanted some political analysis, but all I got was Popen-hagen.”
Quotan-hagen: (n) The rorting of an admissions system to exclude certain groups.
“Somehow I didn’t get in to the concert. Classic quotan-hagen.”
Ropen-hagen: (v) To get somebody on board to help with a gargantuan task.
“I couldn’t do it alone, so I had to do some ropen-hagen.”
Soapen-hagen: (v) To shower inside the Bella Centre to avoid the loss of internet access.
“I was downloading a large file so I had to soapen-hagen.”
Token-hagen: (n) Empty words from negotiators that aim only to appease.
“Minister Wong’s answers were pure token-hagen.”
Utopan-hagen: (n) The ideal, alternative world to one in which vested interests doom humanity.
“Let us leave here and live in Utopian-hagen.”
Voten-hagen: (n) To vote against a typically desirable leader to punish them for showing no moral leadership at COP15.
“I engaged in a spot of Voten-hagen and gave my first preference to the Climate Change Coalition.”
Woken-hagen: (n) To have one’s sleep cut short while a fellow dorm occupant leaves for some early lobbying.
“In the middle of a cool dream I was wokenhagen.”
Xenophoben-hagen: (v) To overcome one’s fear by staying with Danish bikies.
“There was no accommodation left, so I booked a room and had to xenophobenhagen.”
YOUNGOpen-hagen: (n) The experience of being stuffed by bureaucracy.
“We had to run the action ourselves to avoid YOUNGOpen-hagen.”
Zippopen-hagen: (n) The embarrassment one feels after having one’s fly down during a conversation with a diplomat.
“It was only after, when I realised, that the zippopen-hagen hit.”
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