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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.
Verboticisms
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Wraptattention
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: rapt-uh-ten-shun
Sentence: Sven wasn't sure if he was standing there in quiet amazement, frustration, or amusement, looking at his nephew shaking the wrapping paper in the air. "It's so cool, Uncle Sven, the way it reflects the light!" The box containing the remote controlled car that he bought after careful planning and consideration sat there on the floor, almost an unnoticed afterthought. His nephew's wraptattention to the mylar wrapping paper seemed much more interesting.
Etymology: wrapped + attention
Wraptivate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: RAP-tuh-veyt
Sentence: Wraptivated by some strange bibliomania, Bob's bookself was full of books unread, but collected solely for the beauty or bizarreness of their dust-covers*.
Etymology: Blend of WRAP as in wrapper, RAPT: carried away with the emotion, beauty etc., & CAPTIVATE: overpower with excellence etc. *DUST-COVER = Dust-jacket or Dust-wrapper.
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COMMENTS:
Hey Bob - we missed you last week - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-21: 12:12:00
Good word! - Mustang, 2008-04-21: 21:16:00
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Inboxication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: inbäksikāshən
Sentence: Christmas morning is time of utter inboxication for Tom's cat, Mr. Fuzzy Pants. He loves nothing more than climbing in and out of the assortment of boxes and cartons while the silly humans oow and aah over the stupid stuff that they crammed into these little cubes of heaven. Then comes the unbelievable part, trash day, when that idiot Tom steals Fuzz's toys and sends them to who knows where. His only recourse is to mellow out with a major dose of catnip and try to forget.
Etymology: intoxication (to lose control of one's faculties or behavior from use of alcoholic drink or a drug) + box (a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid)
Presentusinteruptis
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: pree-zent-us-int-er-up-tis
Sentence: The anticipation was killing Betty as with each present, her best friend kept reaching near hers from the pile. She had selected the best gift she could think of and carefully wrapped it in beautiful paper. "Look at this one!" Janice shouted as she lifted the gift. "It is wrapped so wonderfully and the paper is so beautiful!" She spent extra care to unwrap the gift so that the paper was not spoiled. She put the gift down on the floor and held up the paper for all to see and passed it around meanwhile forgetting the gift beside her. This was a clear example of presentusinteruptis killing her joy.
Etymology: Presentus, from present or gift + interuptis, to interrupt
Giftrapt
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gift rapt
Sentence: Jason was in a state of giftrapt because he was so seduced by the boxing, bubble wrap and tape, that he forgot about the contents.
Etymology: giftwrap (wrapping for a gift) & rapt (wholly absorbed)
Playgus
Created by: RLMzies
Pronunciation: Play-Gus
Sentence: I gave My 31 year old son a gift in a large box just to see what he would do and when he opened it, he threw the gift onto the ground and popped all of the bubble wrap that was inside of the package. My son is the living deffination of Playgus.
Etymology: I walked down the street and saw a kid get a gift and do this so i made up this word. HAHAHA!!! You stink like moldy socks!!!
Cartonic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: karr tohnn ik
Sentence: The new computer was discarded, the box proved the perfect cartonic, lifting his mood as he peeped out through the hand-holes in the side. It brought him back to his youth and the joy of seeing the Gateway boxes out grazing on the pastures.
Etymology: carton, tonic.
Wrapathetic
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: rap-eh-THET-ik
Sentence: When it came to gift giving, Melody was wrapathetic, putting far more interest and enthusiasm in picking the wrapping than in picking the actual gift itself.
Etymology: Blend of 'wrap' and 'apathetic' ( having little or no interest or concern : indifferent)
Wraptscallion
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rapt/scal/yun
Sentence: Chris was such a wraptscallion that his friends gave him gifts packed with paper, string and bubble wrap.
Etymology: wrap + rapt + rapscallion (rascal, scamp)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James