Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: rap-re-dux

Sentence: Trying his best to put positive spin on his miserly habit of reusing wrapping paper, Elmore blithely referred to it as 'rapredux', thinking others would regard it and his stinginess favorably.

Etymology: Blend of wrap and redux....('to bring back')

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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: 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: 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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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: Mustang

Pronunciation: Gift-rap-re-dux

Sentence: Trying to put a positive spin on his tightwad reuse of wrapping paper, Chauncey referred to it as gitwrapredux.

Etymology: gift wrap + redux....'to bring back'

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: gift-SKIN-ning

Sentence: Although Bob couldn't resist using his skills as a taxidermist when unwrapping presents; more often than not, despite his painstaking peelings, his giftskinning ended in a wrapsidermical stuff-up. And many a time on Christmas day a wrapclamation catastrophe found him in deep depression, suffering from another bout of the yuleskinner blues.

Etymology: Gift: a present & Skinning: remove outer layer or epidermis; fig to remove covering.

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COMMENTS:

Your word stuck me as so appropriate to the two seasons, Christma and hunting, that are shared here in the Rocky Mountain northwest. Very timely create! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:47:00

Remember" Ghost Riders in The Sky?" ....I just KNEW you would! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:16:00

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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: rebelvin

Pronunciation: peel+sav

Sentence: I liked the wrapping so much I peelsaved it.

Etymology: peel+save

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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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