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DEFINITION: v. To purchase a low-cost product and cover it with the label, or put it inside the packaging of a premium brand. n. A cheap product, which has been repackaged, or relabeled, by the consumer to make it look like an expensive brand.
Verboticisms
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Emblemishment
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: em-blehm-ish-ment
Sentence: When I got up closer to Jake's new car I realized that it was not actually a Porsche, but a true emblemishment, a Fiat that had been repainted and cleverly labeled.
Etymology: emblem: label + embelishment: fabrication
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COMMENTS:
You discovered a way to give a car acne! What a vision to plant in my head! Great blending! Funny! It's a honey! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 22:52:00
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Tacksimile
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tak sim il lee
Sentence: Wayne's BMW-stickered wheel barrow was a cheap tacksimile and although he was dumb to think of it, his girlfriend Monica was even dumber to think it was the branded real thing!
Etymology: Tacky (tastelessly showy) & Facsimile (a copy;reproduction)
Labull
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: lay-bull
Sentence: The labull said Prada. But for the fact that the shirt was missing an arm, Sue would never have guessed that James had been playing brand games.
Etymology: label, bull
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COMMENTS:
Roared with laughter over the implications! Not only fits the definnition but all labels! Straight forward simplicity ... but it says it all powerfully! Great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 09:55:00
hey purple - stache is asking for music prompts - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-03: 16:44:00
Sounds like a 'cock-and-labull story' to me. Good one! - Tigger, 2008-03-03: 21:51:00
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Vertosanctanomin
Created by: TCalhoun
Pronunciation: Ver to sanc ta no min
Sentence: Despite the man's blatent vertosanctanomin, people thought he had rich tastes, but he really had just spraypainted a wheelbarrow.
Etymology: Vert- (turn) Sanct- (holy) -Nomin (name)
Counterfiat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kown ter fee yat
Sentence: Frederico Felonio was not just a suave playboy and wannabe mafioso, he actually owned synthetic samples of famous Italian brand names. He had fake Ferrugamo shoes, phoney Fendi bags, artificial Armani suits, plastic Prada products,pukey Pucci,mock Moschino, copy Cavalli and worst he drove a counterFiat. Many would think he was an imitation Italian or worse a Soprani Soprano... he tried to get out, but they kept pulling him back in!
Etymology: Counterfeit (make a copy of with the intent to deceive; not genuine; imitating something superior) & Fiat (Fiat S.p.A., an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino: Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial and industrial group based in Turin in the Piedmont region)
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COMMENTS:
Very alliterate. - artr, 2010-05-12: 06:29:00
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Labelaire
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: la·bel·aire n. Pronunciation: ley-buhl-air
Sentence: I knew that skanky labelaire in high school and she hasn't changed a bit: those are the same payless shoes with the prada label hot-glued to the heel.
Etymology: la·bel·aire - n. a combination of:the word label - a trademark or classification - in this case a brand name and the prefix -aire, which implies a heavy association with the root word, in this case, label. Combined, the word is labelaire - a person
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COMMENTS:
Your sentence planted a funny image in my mind. Your create has a fun flair and a great 'aire' about it! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 23:09:00
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Pervhibition
Created by: lilyk12342
Pronunciation: perv-hi-bi-tion
Sentence: The man made quite a pervhibition about his new cell phone, which he advertised as an iPhone, although it was a knockoff.
Etymology: perv-from pervasion, to be distorted. hibition-from exhibition, a public display
Playbel
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: plā' bul
Sentence: Paul knew he would have to playbel the necklace into the distinctive blue box because "Breakfast at Walgreens" just didn't sound right.
Etymology: PLAY, to pretend to be: play cowboys + (LA)BEL
Crapsimile
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: crap/sim/i/lee
Sentence: Most products from that particular country are a crapsimile of the original brand-name product.
Etymology: CRAPSIMILE noun - from - CRAP (rubbish; junk) + FACSIMILE (a copy, or reproduction)
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COMMENTS:
Terrific sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 14:48:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ddove60. Thank you ddove60. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-03-03: 10:00:00
Your definition, ddove60, along with your cartoon, James, inspired so many witty, clever verboticisms today, a wonderful slate of fun words here today!
Tigger - 2008-03-03: 22:16:00
The cartoon is hilarious, by the way. I bet that 'convertible' handles great!
Thanks silveryaspen and Tigger! ~ James
Ilan - 2008-12-30: 20:25:00
Spirit of the stairwell strikes again! Missed my chance to submit "abbrandizement".
Today's definition was suggested by ddove60. Thank you ddove60. ~ James
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