Verboticism: Wrapitransit
DEFINITION: v., To receive a gift covered in previously used wrap. n., Recycled gift-wrap, may or may not suit the occasion.
Wrapitransit
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Rap it tran sit
Sentence: Paper Rosey had quite a system. She was a paper clip. She clipped paper from any source she could. She removed paper from gifts, copy machines, comics books, paperbacks, newspapers, even paper dolls, and toilet paper rolls. Paper Rosey even stripped the paper from the walls. Paper Rosey was also the ultimate paper resighcler. Her paper clippings were used, over and over again, to wrap her gifts. Paper Rosey even made paper jams, by taping and pasting small bits and pieces together, until she had enough to cover her gifts. Paper Rosey called all this her ... wrapitransit system.
Etymology: RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, WRAP IT. RAPID TRANSIT - exspeedient rapid transition system using papers that should have been buried undergound but were quickly re-elevated to the status of gift wrap. WRAP IT - cover it with paper.
Points: 749
Comments: Wrapitransit
Jabberwocky - 2008-12-22: 09:43:00
clever
metrohumanx - 2008-12-23: 10:11:00
Hee Hee Heee- pro foundly undergroundly.