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DEFINITION: v., To receive a gift covered in previously used wrap. n., Recycled gift-wrap, may or may not suit the occasion.
Verboticisms
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Dejaviewed
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: day - ja - vee - ewed
Sentence: George wasn't sure but he thought he had a strange case of dejaviewed as he opened Margie's gift. Last year, he had purchased a large roll of paper that looked just like this and had wrapped at least 20 gifts with it.
Etymology: deja (having occurred previously, repetativeness of events or actions)+ viewed (having been seen previously)
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COMMENTS:
Wonderful word with great originality. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:43:00
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Fragilerewrap
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: fraj-uhl-re-rap
Sentence: She stored all her fragilerewrap in a drawer with all her recycled bows, ribbons, paper towels and toliet paper.
Etymology: fragile (as in delicate, easliy destroyed) + rewrap
Cheapoabre
Created by: mezebra
Pronunciation: chee-po-abray
Sentence: She cheapoabres presents all the time.
Etymology:
Econowrap
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation: Econowrap
Sentence: She was very "green" conscious and frugile. by using the "Econowrap" method for wrapping gifts, she helped the environment and saved money each holiday.
Etymology: ECOlogy+ECOnomy + wrap
Wrapencore
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rap - on - core
Sentence: We always rolled our eyes when Mum reminded us, but we still tried to wrapencore on Christmas day so that the paper, ribbons and bows could be set aside for a curtain call the following year.
Etymology: wrap + encore
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COMMENTS:
Excellent....encore!! Encore!! - Mustang, 2008-12-23: 00:38:00
Bravo! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:13:00
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Wrapstar
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rap star
Sentence: Rodney, aka Dr Rod, was famous for being able to swathe gifts in any type of material for giving. He was the wrapstar in the family and people equally looked forward to and dreaded his creativity...
Etymology: Wrap Star, Wordplay on Rap Star (genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged-Star meaning a commercially successful entertainer of the genre)
Glossybevestor
Created by: bebea23
Pronunciation: Glossy-beves-tot
Sentence:
Etymology: Person who loves someone with glossy-pink on lips
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COMMENTS:
cool - bebea23, 2007-12-19: 11:29:00
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Poopiermache
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: poop/ee/ay/mash/eh
Sentence: As avid environmentalists Sally and Sal wrapped all their gifts in their dog Fluffy's recycled poopiermache.
Etymology: papier mache + poop
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COMMENTS:
A prize to you for one of the most gross creates of the year. How can any word be so bad while being such an excellent create! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:41:00
i wondered whose dog was chewing my newspaper. Aah well most of the news is bullsh*t anyway - petaj, 2008-12-23: 03:55:00
Oh MAN! That's really tushing the envelope! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:19:00
Perhaps I'll need some poopiermache to wrap up the excremaggotia! Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-23: 23:52:00
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Giftwrapredux
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Gift-rap-re-dux
Sentence: Trying to put a positive spin on his tightwad reuse of wrapping paper, Chauncey referred to it as gitwrapredux.
Etymology: gift wrap + redux....'to bring back'
Thriftwrap
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: thrift - rap
Sentence: Benjamin always used thriftwrap for his gifts. He reclaimed all wrappings from gifts he received throughout the year and sometimes reused styrofoam take-out containers as boxes. He was careful to wash all traces of food out of them first. His friends were sometimes "befuddled" though as the paper he had around the house did not always match the occasion.
Etymology: thrift (parsimony: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily) + wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-12-23: 00:39:00
Clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-23: 23:50:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James
By the way, if you're looking for the some cool ideas to help make reused wrapping paper actually look good, check out Franke James's article Green Delights of Junk Mail Gift Wrap on PlanetGreen. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-12-22: 19:02:00
Excellent. Easy to remember and fun to say ... meaning so easily apparent.
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James
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