Verboticisms

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: 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: artr

Pronunciation: gift-krapd

Sentence: Julie can't stand anything that has already been used/recycled. When her boyfriend gave her a present festooned with reused paper and a previously-owned bow, she saw it as giftcrapped.

Etymology: giftwrap (decorative paper used to wrap presents) + crap (refuse; rubbish; junk; litter)

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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: 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: 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: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: pre-ews-da-sel-oh-fane

Sentence: She clearly showed her recognition of the previosly used wrapping paper she had used to wrap his sons birthday present.

Etymology: pre:before + used + cellophane:thin plastic sheeting

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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: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: doppel-PAK-er-ATZ-uhl (doppelpackeratzeling, doppelpackeratzeled)

Sentence: Fritz was a merry old soul. He was no scrooge when it came to giftgiving, often presenting expensive gifts to his friends. Fritz lived alone with his muttonchop sideburns, and as the years went on, he developed a strange habit of recycling used giftwrap. He had become a DOPPELPACKERATZEL- an eccentric double-packing enigma who ironed the creases from Christmas paper and stored it in the attic to use again and again. He once gave Eva an ersatz Swiss watch wrapped in yellowed paper which had been used at least thrice. Eva was bemused by the fact she had been DOPPELPACKERATZELED again this year. Fritz was an endearing dumbkopf, and folks had been known to receive Braun coffee makers wrapped in paper festooned with Easter Bunnies...... Was können Sie tun?

Etymology: Okay-bear with me on this one... DOPPELPACKERATZEL.....DOPPELganger+PACKER+RATSEL= DOPPELPACKERATZEL.....DOPPELGANGER:an evil ghostly counterpart of a living person, literally "double goer";German Doppelgänger, from doppel- double + -gänger goer.....PACKER:to enclose in a package or covering,to present (as a product) in such a way as to heighten its appeal to the recipient;origin clouded.....RATSEL:something hard to understand or explain,an inscrutable or mysterious person;literally "enigma" in German;Latin aenigma, from Greek ainigmat-, ainigma, from ainissesthai to speak in riddles, from ainos fable. (The "S" in RATSEL is changed to a "Z" just because it looks nifty.)

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COMMENTS:

The earliest reference to the celebration of the nativity on December 25 is found in the Chronography of 354, an illuminated manuscript compiled in Rome in 354. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-22: 06:37:00

I would like to pay tribute to Jean Shepherd...a great humorist, radio personality and Author of the movie "A Christmas Story". Listen to his nostalgic shows at: http://flicklives.com/ Thank You for your Jolliness. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-22: 07:05:00

Ausgeszeichsnet! Es ist ein schones Wort. Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gluckliches Neues Jahr! - Nosila, 2008-12-22: 23:02:00

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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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