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billprice commented on the word thrivalist
Presumably a portmanteau of thrive and survivalist. Quite well attested.
"Plenty of peak oil doomers, preppers, and thrivalist types have blogged about their shelf full of reference books for Camp Teotwawki, including me."
http://livingthefrugallife.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-thrivalist-binder.html
"A thrivalist — a person who not just survives but thrives — says that every risk is an opportunity."
http://books.google.com/books?id=ecIdAQAAIAAJ&q=thrivalist&dq=thrivalist&hl=en&ei=KeHGTZXDEsjx0gGQh_2TCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg
It looks like there are at least two senses: a (perhaps) older one meaning "one who thrives in the face of any adversity", and a more specific one meaning "one who expects society at large to fail and collapse, but who plans to be personally so well prepared that they instead thrive."
May 8, 2011