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DEFINITION: v. To give a child, pet or coworker a wrapped gift or packaged item, only to discover they are more interested packaging than the item itself. n. Gift wrapping or packaging which proves to be more exciting than the contained item.
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Wrappeal
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: rə-pēl'
Sentence: Little Marty loved the fire engine Grandpa brought him, but the wrappeal of the box and excelsior was overwhelming.
Etymology: wrap appeal
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COMMENTS:
nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-21: 16:51:00
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-22: 07:22:00
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Cellofeign
Created by: verbherder
Pronunciation: sel-uh-feyn
Sentence: As I undid the fancy gold ribbon, and carefully removed the shiny, elegantly printed paper I was thinking, "Pedro just gave me the best birthday present ever!" Inside was a dark, velvety box with a metal hinge. I opened it slowly in an effort to savor the anticipation. My excitment was quickly replaced by disappointment that morphed into anger when it became clear Pedro had given me...a wad of fresh belly button lint in cellofeign. Pedro!!!!
Etymology: cellophane (type of packaging) + feign (to represent fictitiously)
Boxnip
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: Bocks-nipp
Sentence: Like a jovial child, Roger was fully engaged in the packaging popcorn. His office became a winter wonderland of Styrofoam popcorn. The stuff was boxnip to him.
Etymology: box-as in cardboard box; catnip-drives cats nuts and is really engaging to them.
Boxelation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: boks-ih-ley-shuhn
Sentence: Mom's regrigelation was caused by her new ice box. The kid's boxelation,on the other hand, was caused by the carton it came in.
Etymology: box (a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard) + elation (a feeling or state of great joy or pride)
Gifirapiwipionfaldikuistimulous
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: ji-fi-raw-pee-on-fal-dee-kooi-sti-moo-lus
Sentence:
Etymology: started of as the beggining of word and added random sounds i have heard.
Packrapt
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: pack+rapt
Sentence: It would not have mattered what was in that big box, it was just packrapt to the kids.
Etymology: pack+rapt
Wrapsody
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rap sode ee
Sentence: When Christmas morning came around, the little kids were more enamoured of the neat silver boxes that their rock computer games came in than the games themselves. It was like a Bohemium Wrapsody to see them unwrap their presents: A steel guitar, a DVD of "Wayne's World" and a CD of Queen's Greatest Hits! Instead of carols, all we heard were refrains like: "Nothing really matters, anyone can see, Nothing really matters to me"! And "Can anybody find me, someone to love..." Yes, it was a regal Christmas..."Under Pressure" and "We Are The Champions" "We Will, We Will Rock You!" "Wrapsody in Right Satin".
Etymology: rhapsody (an epic poem adapted for recitation) & wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)
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COMMENTS:
Rock on, Nosila! Nice word. - Tigger, 2008-04-21: 01:26:00
Great word! - Mustang, 2008-04-21: 21:15:00
Roll over Beethoven - I'm rapped; good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-22: 07:27:00
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Carboard
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärbôrd
Sentence: Joyce knew her son would not care much that she was buying a new refrigerator. What she didn't expect was that he would have a fit when she tried to dispose of the box it came in. Carboard! Carboard! he screamed. For the next couple of weeks, the carton was a race car, a taxi, a fire truck and a tank. Who knew?
Etymology: car (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people) + cardboard (pasteboard or stiff paper)
Containeranger
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-TAYN-ehr-anjr
Sentence: After opening all the boxes that his toys and other gifts came in, little Jimmy ignored the toys and gifts and busied himself in flights of fancy with the containers, imagining them to be fighter planes, race cars, spy vehicles and fortified castles.
Etymology: blend of container and ranger
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like Christmas at our house every year...when will I learn just to give them boxes... - Nosila, 2009-06-04: 17:16:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James