Verboticisms

Created by: Redrover

Pronunciation: re+hash+uh+rap

Sentence: Ernest tried not to notice that his birthday gift had "Happy Hanukkah" written all over it but his cheap brother never bought anything new. This was yet another example of his rehashawrap proclivities.

Etymology: rehash = old material that is slightly reworked and used again; wrap = to enclose with a covering of paper

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: rap/si/mo/ni/ous 

Sentence: Joe recycles nothing, so when he carefully removes the paper from his gifts, he is just being wrapsimonious, so he won't have to purchase any.

Etymology: WRAPSIMONIOUS - from WRAP (wrapping paper) + PARSIMONIOUS (excessively cheap, frugal)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: rip rap

Sentence: she didn't appreciate his wripwrap, even though he had neatly (almost)retaped over the original tape marks. he had a feeling it would be a while before he got to unwrap her from the lingerie the wripwrap contained.

Etymology: rip wrap

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COMMENTS:

oh dear - I guess he got wripwrapped off - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-19: 12:43:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /thrift-rap/

Sentence: Carole winced visibly when Samantha carelessly, and needlessly, opened her baby-shower presents by clawing and tearing at the wrapping instead of delicately peeling the taped ends, because Carole knew she would have to use even more tape to repair the damage, and she planned to re-use the thriftwrap for her teenage son's upcoming birthday.

Etymology: [from "giftwrap"] thrift - frugality (perhaps from Old Norse, from thrīfask "to thrive") + wrap (Middle English, wrappen)

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COMMENTS:

...sentence inspired by someone very dear to me — thanks Mom. - Tigger, 2007-12-19: 12:36:00

very good word - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-19: 12:45:00

Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-19: 17:50:00

Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-19: 18:47:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Rap it tran sit

Sentence: Paper Rosey had quite a system. She was a paper clip. She clipped paper from any source she could. She removed paper from gifts, copy machines, comics books, paperbacks, newspapers, even paper dolls, and toilet paper rolls. Paper Rosey even stripped the paper from the walls. Paper Rosey was also the ultimate paper resighcler. Her paper clippings were used, over and over again, to wrap her gifts. Paper Rosey even made paper jams, by taping and pasting small bits and pieces together, until she had enough to cover her gifts. Paper Rosey called all this her ... wrapitransit system.

Etymology: RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, WRAP IT. RAPID TRANSIT - exspeedient rapid transition system using papers that should have been buried undergound but were quickly re-elevated to the status of gift wrap. WRAP IT - cover it with paper.

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COMMENTS:

clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-22: 09:43:00

Hee Hee Heee- pro foundly undergroundly. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:11:00

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: ba-gayn

Sentence: Clive's tendency to bagain was applauded amongst the other eco-warriors. He (somewhat boastfully) claimed he could use a brown paper bag at least a dozen times before consigning it to the compost heap.

Etymology: bag + again

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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: rap-sahy-kuhl-d

Sentence: To save money Bill wrapcycled all the paper from the gifts he had received and used on what he gave away.

Etymology: Wrap: From Gift Wrap - a tough paper used for wrapping. + Recycled: to undergo reuse or renewal; be subject to or suitable for further use, activity, etc.

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: FROO-GA_L- + a hairy monkey

Sentence: Joan has the most precious fruglape in the world. I hear that every gift she's brought in the last ten years was wrapped in the that cellophane that she got from that fruit basket when she got the job here.

Etymology: Frugal, Tape, what else do you need?

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rap art tay

Sentence: (Sung(?) like a rap song...) Yo, yo,ho, ho, let me tell you, And let me tell you well, Here's what happened to me Last year just before Noel. To try and save the Planet And my earnings as well, I decided to recycle gifts and all the wrap as well. It was wrapartee devine when I found her the perfect prez. I wrapped it in a garbage bag, And hid it in our rez. My girl's face on Yule morn, was as stunned as it could be. I'd bought some bling on e-bay, and wrapped it in a bag I'd used for the dog. Snoop Doggy Dogg that is. My girl she found it Ludacris, especially when she saw all the Eminems I'd used to make the bag feel bigger. She called me a gangsta' of love, that I'd graffitied on her heart and then she raised her hand up hard and punched me clear back to the ghetto. Yo, Yo, Ho, Ho, I have to call Dr. Dre,to treat my big black shiner, because it will not go away! Yo, yo, ho, ho,...that's a wrap!

Etymology: Wrap (to cover in paper or cellophane, especially gifts) & Repartee (adroitness and clever responses; witty banter)

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COMMENTS:

The wrap star of the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:33:00

clever and fun - mweinmann, 2008-12-23: 23:21:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rēˈtishoō

Sentence: Mary just took this recycling thing too far. Not only would she re-gift on a regular basis, but they were wrapped in used gift wrap. Her gifts were reissued and retissued. She would only be mildly embarrassed if the recipient of one of her gifts was the originator of the gift or the gift wrap.

Etymology: reissue (make a new supply or different form of a product available) tissue (a thin semi-transparent paper)

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COMMENTS:

Your third sentence will live forever in my memory every time the reissued and/or retissued occurs. Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:37:00

A succinct classic ! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:13:00

This makes me think about the gift one of my colleagues received today.....we were speechless... - mweinmann, 2008-12-23: 23:24:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-23: 23:57:00

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