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wreckreation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Recreation that wrecks or harms the environment. For example, running off-road vehicles and mountain bikes through ecologically sensitive areas, running boats with large wakes in narrow watercourses so as to cause bank erosion, climbing in areas where raptors nest, or simply hiking in areas that disturb existing flora, fauna and archaeological resources.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20080509133709/http://www.peer.org/campaigns/publiclands/orv/index.php Off-Road “Wreckreation” Plagues Public Lands
  • http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2009/11/11/Wreckreation/index.html - By Jim Cooperman, 11 Nov 2009, TheTyee.ca BC's Shameful Backcountry Wreckreation

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Etymology

Blend of wreck + recreation.