Verboticisms

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: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: wrap/uh/nom/i/kuhl

Sentence: John is a seasoned wraponomical gifter, retriving wrapcycled paper from his special wrapceptacle where he keeps all his wrapclaimed paper.

Etymology: wrap + economical

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COMMENTS:

bravo John - he should buy a special Christmas plant called a recyclamen - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-19: 12:44:00

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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: rap-sahy-kuhl-d

Sentence: To save money Bill wrapcycled all the paper from the gifts he had received and used on what he gave away.

Etymology: Wrap: From Gift Wrap - a tough paper used for wrapping. + Recycled: to undergo reuse or renewal; be subject to or suitable for further use, activity, etc.

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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: 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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Created by: CaptainHuggyface

Pronunciation: Rap-Re-Cent

Sentence: "Billy, what's with this wrapping paper? It looks like the same paper I wrapped your gift in yesterday." "Yeah, sis...I'm just tryin' to WrapReSent, yo."

Etymology: Urban slang

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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: 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: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: tshred bay ring g ifff ts

Sentence: the unwise men always come threadbearinggifts

Etymology: threadbare, bearing gifts

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COMMENTS:

Verry econo-merry! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:12:00

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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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