Verboticism: Greatpretender
DEFINITION: v. To purchase a low-cost product and cover it with the label, or put it inside the packaging of a premium brand. n. A cheap product, which has been repackaged, or relabeled, by the consumer to make it look like an expensive brand.
Greatpretender
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Gray-t-pre-ten-der
Sentence: Oh yes I'm the Great Pretender! Just laughing and gay like a clown! I seem to be what I'm not; you see ... I'm wearing your TRADEMARK like a crown! Pretending WHAT WAS IN IT ... is still around. Oh yes I'm the great greatpretender!
Etymology: Eponym from The Platters hit song the Great Pretender. Eponym: a mythical character, or person, from whom something such as an activity, invention, or place takes its name. In this case the mythical character is the Great Pretender in this song.
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Comments: Greatpretender
silveryaspen - 2008-03-03: 00:59:00
Happy humming to those who have a head for music!
silveryaspen - 2008-03-03: 01:00:00
For those not old enough to have heard the song, or are not familiar with the song, the Great Pretender, the actual lyrics to the chorus are: Oh yes I'm the Great Pretender! Just laughing and gay like a clown! I seem to be what I'm not; you see ... I'm wearing my heart like a crown, Pretending that you're still around.
Nosila - 2008-03-03: 01:14:00
Thanks, silveryaspen...guess which song is replaying over and over in my head??? Neat approach anyway!
stache - 2008-03-03: 10:27:00
Me too, Nosalia. I'm a newbie: is there a verbotomy for this? "n.: A tune that becomes lodged in one's consciousness and repeated ad nauseum, until replaced by one equally or more irritating, or until the victim suffers a psychotic break."
stache - 2008-03-03: 15:01:00
Me too, Nosalia. I'm a newbie: is there a verbotomy for this? "n.: A tune that becomes lodged in one's consciousness and repeated ad nauseum, until replaced by one equally or more irritating, or until the victim suffers a psychotic break."
stache - 2008-03-03: 15:02:00
Wow. What an echo.
OZZIEBOB - 2008-03-03: 18:43:00
I love sentences that make use of songs lyrics or titles, etc. Good one!
Nosila - 2008-03-03: 20:31:00
stache, you should submit that as a definition (see below)...'cause it happens to everyone!
silveryaspen - 2008-03-03: 22:30:00
Sure, stache! Go ahead and submit it!
silveryaspen - 2008-03-03: 23:02:00
Shoot! I posted the above before I read under comments on your verbot, stache, that it has been done before! Today I'm a day late, a dollar short, a fingerslipping, and in a mindripping muddle!