Verboticisms

Created by: tgulden422

Pronunciation: GRAP

Sentence: "The present he gave me was a total piece of grap."

Etymology: GR as in Gift wRap, Crap.

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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: 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: 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

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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: 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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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: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: re be SMEER ing

Sentence: His rebesmearing of the Christmas gift was insulting as the gift wrap was clearly used, wrinkled, and for a wedding for heaven's sake!

Etymology: BESMEAR: to cover, make dirty RE: again

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Created by: Hawgy

Pronunciation: re-wrap-pled

Sentence: I rewrappled your gift with this old newspaper.

Etymology: A combination of recyled and wrapping

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COMMENTS:

Simple but effective...wrapturous - Nosila, 2008-12-22: 23:07:00

I like the way that sounds...Rewrappled....kind of fruity! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:14:00

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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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