Verboticisms

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: ree-jen-rap-er-ate

Sentence: He thought he'd regenwraperate the 20 year old Christmas afghan that his aunt crocheted for him would make a great wrapping for the cookies and fruitcake to give to his girlfriend, minus the dog hair of course.

Etymology: regenerate (to breathe new life into, renew, restore) + wrap (to cover in fancy paper)

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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: 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: 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)

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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: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: rap-kley-MAY-shun

Sentence: After seeing some of the things his friends had given him as Christmas gifts, Bob felt there was more value in the wrapclamation.

Etymology: Blend of WRAP(wrapper) & re-CLAMATION: the recovery of useful materials.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: diss yu pay per

Sentence: Ruth knew their affair was over when Rodney brought her a gift wrapped in recycled toilet paper. This was diussyoupaper if she ever saw it and it's too bad she conked him on the head with it before opening and finding a diamond necklace inside!

Etymology: Tissue Paper (coloured,lightweight paper used in wrapping) & Diss You(disrespect, speak rudely about)

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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

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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: 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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