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DEFINITION: v., To show appreciation for a gift, even if it is something that you do not really need or want, by feigning joy. n., A faked display of gratitude.
Verboticisms
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Pregift
Created by: CaptainHuggyface
Pronunciation: PRE-gift
Sentence: "Did I detect some sarcasm in your voice when you thanked Bob for the snowmobile votes?" "Yeah...I was just pre-gifting. It's what you do in front of the gift giver, just before you RE-gift."
Etymology: From the ancient Hickory word for "sausage from a kiosk"
Joyploy
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /joy-ploy/
Sentence: I had know choice but to joyploy my way out of the awkward situation created when my wife gave me a sweatshirt with the wrong football team on it. I mean, come on, who doesn't know I hate the Eagles?
Etymology: joy + ploy
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COMMENTS:
simply silly rhymes ... to pass the times ... you create it ... I'll great it! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-28: 16:01:00
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Faljoyment
Created by: SKK717
Pronunciation: FALL JOY MENT
Sentence: After watching her face after she opened my gift I could the reaction was one of faljoyment.
Etymology: A combination of the words False and enjoyment
Thaunk
Created by: stvspl
Pronunciation: "thonk"
Sentence: Upon receiving a fishing pole from her grandson, Grandma Millie thaunked him, and threw it away later.
Etymology: thank + the "au" in "faux"
Forgerglee
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: for-jur-glee
Sentence: After a couple of decades of receiving crapparel from my mom for Chrismas, I've found the best gift she ever gave me is my ability to conjure up forgerglee at a moment's notice.
Etymology: forgery, glee
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COMMENTS:
And, we all hope our crapparel comes with a gift receipt this year. - Tigger, 2007-12-20: 05:48:00
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Gleeguiltfulness
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: glee-gilt-fulh-ness
Sentence: Her gleeguiltfulness was so transparent, why the heck would she be so happy to receive a broken vase wrapped in a green garbage bag?
Etymology: gleefulness + guilt (feeling badly for faking the glee)
Shamwowiezowie
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sham-wow-ee-zow-ee
Sentence: "Shamwowiezowie!" cried Marta when she opened the box. She was hoping for a ring this year but when she opened her gift from Ralph she found a ShamWow (as seen on TV). Through her teeth, she managed to thank him and convince him that she had been wanting one ever since she saw the commercial. Though her lips said, "Thanks," her mind said, "You'll be gone by New Year's, Buster!"
Etymology: sham: making deceitful pretenses; fakery + wowie zowie: an exclamation of amazement and joy, often said sarcastically; 1966 track by Frank Zappa "Wowie Zowie, baby, your love's a treat" the song was done tongue in cheek as a parody of many of the teen love songs of the time
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COMMENTS:
Merry Christmas, mrskellyscl! - Nosila, 2009-12-24: 09:19:00
God bless us, everyone! - mrskellyscl, 2009-12-24: 10:16:00
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Fauxglee
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Fo - glee
Sentence: Clarabella's exaggerated enthusiasm for the mysterious gift was the result of her often used and well rehearsed fauxglee technique.
Etymology: Faux (False) + glee (joy)
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-20: 16:16:00
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Joyfaux
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: joifō
Sentence: Loving animals as she did and growing up in a family of hunters, Beth found holidays to be a joyfaux time. She would plaster on her best mock smile and listen to the tales of relatives tramping through the woods trying to kill what she cherished. This year she managed to bust out a real smile as she when she opened a present from her parents of a jacket with a faux-fur collar. **Couldn*t afford the real stuff** muttered her father. HURRAY FOR THE RECESSION!
Etymology: joyful (feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness) + faux (artificial or imitation; false)
Fauxpreciation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fo pree shee ay shun
Sentence: Rhoda was bowled over when her new suitor, Clive, brought her a lovely, fancily wrapped Christmas gift. She had to hold her smile, even though it turned fake, when she opened the box and discovered assorted electrical tools. Clive figured that since she lived in such an old house, she could use the tools. She had to show her fauxpreciation and try not to kill Clive on Christmas morning.
Etymology: Faux (not real or genuine) & Appreciation (gratitude)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-12-23: 10:37:00
Powerfully perceptive and filled with emotional depth, yet simple and direct so easily remembered. Great word!
silveryaspen - 2008-12-23: 10:39:00
sorry I got into the wrong box ... and this is not the season to make this mistake!
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
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