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DEFINITION: n., An ugly decorative item or article of clothing received from friends or relatives, which is kept stored away but ready to be pulled out at a moment's notice in anticipation of a return visit. v., To temporarily place an old, and perhaps unattractive gift in a place of honor.
Verboticisms
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Ornamenstrocity
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ohr nam ens troh sitee
Sentence: it took three men and a JCB to mount the ornamenstrosity on the patio, but a gift from toni was a gift from toni, capese?
Etymology: ornament, monstrosity
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COMMENTS:
terrific word - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-16: 11:24:00
Great word - TJayzz, 2008-12-16: 13:15:00
Capese! You keep trying to put it away, but they keep pulling you back! - Nosila, 2008-12-16: 22:20:00
Fuggetaboutit! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 01:05:00
Ornamentatious! - dochanne, 2008-12-17: 03:19:00
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Giftrocity
Created by: Redrover
Pronunciation: gif-trau-city
Sentence: I guess I'll just put this year's giftrocity in the basement along with all the others I've gotten over the years.
Etymology: gift + atrocity
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COMMENTS:
brilliant!! - libertybelle, 2007-12-12: 12:21:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2007-12-12: 18:43:00
Top word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-12: 19:54:00
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Giftquester
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gift/kwes/ter
Sentence: We have a box in our closet in the family room where we giftquester all the awful presents our friends and relatives have given us. These horrid items can be retrived at a moments notice and be placed accordingly, some where in sight, whenever they arrive for a visit.
Etymology: gift + sequester (to remove, or withdraw into solitude, or retirement; seclude)
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COMMENTS:
The jury is in..good word - Nosila, 2009-12-16: 22:13:00
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Movemento
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: move ment oh!
Sentence: My mother considered the oddly shaped, oddly colored vase high class. It was so ugly, I called it hide class. But I didn't want to hurt mom's feelings, so if she was coming, it became the gift of grab and display. The minute she left it was the gift of grab and hide away. It was a real movemento.
Etymology: MOVENTS, MEMENTO. MOVEMENTS - taking from hiding place to pride of place, then from pride of place to hiding place, repeatedly. MEMENTO - another synonym for a gift, especially a gift of remembrance!
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COMMENTS:
Movemento dear! Deliciously evocative of that sinking feeling of guilt :) - dochanne, 2008-12-16: 01:54:00
wonderful combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-16: 11:24:00
Good word - TJayzz, 2008-12-16: 13:15:00
I thought it wuz gunna be about an Italian Opera. Works well though. - Mustang, 2008-12-16: 21:01:00
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Horroronour
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: horror-on-er
Sentence: Holly hauled the horrific heirloom out of the house and secreted it behind a heavyduty tarpaulin in the shed. She felt sure that Granny, at 94, would surely not live to see out another Christmas. This was likely the last time she would have to horroronour the hand-carved horologue.
Etymology: horror + honour
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COMMENTS:
Hysterical :-) - emdeejay, 2008-12-16: 05:39:00
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Exhibilious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: igzibilyəs
Sentence: Nobody is quite sure why Jon*s aunt thought it was an appropriate wedding gift or why she brought it back from Borneo in the first place. Some say she spent too much time in the sun. Others suspect a side-effect of a medication combination. Whatever the case, the godawful, gilded, stuffed monkey candelabra takes its exhibilious spot on the dining room table whenever she comes to visit. The good news is that there is not much need to prepare extravagant meals when the **flaming monkey god** is on display.
Etymology: exibit (publicly display a work of art or item of interest) + bilious (affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting)
Sightelephant
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: site - el - e - fant
Sentence: Every gift that Jan's dad had given them seemed to be something he must have obtained as a "White Elephant" in a gift swap or, the only other explanation was that he shopped for them at flea markets. Whenever he came to their house, they had to quickly bring them up from storage so they could be seen....thus becoming a sightelephant until he left....
Etymology: Sight (range of vision, ability to see) + "White Elephant" (Gifts that are inexpensive, humorous or used items from home)
Treasuredpest
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tres shured pest
Sentence: It all started when Fred's father was in prison and made everyone items in the woodshop for Christmas. Most of the family got normal, carved items, like ducks or horses or dogs. But lucky Fred was given a large whittled evil-looking rat. It's beady eyes followed you around the room and the little kids were scared of it. When his Dad was paroled, he came each major holiday to visit with Fred and his family, and they would have to dig out "You dirty rat" as it became known to proudly display on the mantle. Fred's wife was afraid to dust it and it became a treasuredpest, much to the smug laughter of other family members. They all knew Fred got the treasuredpest because he had been the one to phone Crimestoppers and turn in the old man for passing counterfeit money in the first place. So much for anonymity!
Etymology: Treasured (something valued or feeling fondness for) & Pest (something persistently annoying) & Play on term Treasure Chest (a chest filled with valuables)
Eyestore
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: i-store
Sentence: When Dave's Auntie Joan had given him the hideous orange and green vase for Christmas last year he smiled broadly and thanked her very much telling her it was beautiful. However as soon as she had left he wrapped up the eyestore and put it straight into the loft. Auntie Joan is due to visit again this year on christmas day, so the plan is to get in the loft on Christmas eve and put the offending object in pride of place on the mantlepiece in the hope that it fools her into thinking that it has been there all year.
Etymology: Play on Eyesore
Shufflegift
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SHUF + l + gift
Sentence: Thurman had perfected the art of shufflegift by keeping hideous shirts and other clothing items in the laundry hamper and decorating an ugly lamp as a coat hanger.
Etymology: Shuffle = to move around from place to place + gift.
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-12: 13:23:00
Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-12: 20:03:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie Thank you kabloozie ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James