Verboticisms

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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Created by: monkeywithamonocle

Pronunciation: rap-ree-kay-shun

Sentence: The fabrication of gift wrapping with possible reprocussions.

Etymology: Wrap, fabrication

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:15:00

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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: 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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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: 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: 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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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: gift-krap

Sentence: She may have thought more of the John Deere sweater if it didn't come packaged in the giftcrap from his bachelor party.

Etymology: gift wrap, crap

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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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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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