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: artr

Pronunciation: giftskrap

Sentence: Jerry reuses as many things as he can. He says he is being environmentally-conscious. His friends think his use of giftscrap is just tacky and cheap.

Etymology: gift-wrap (decorative paper for wrapping presents) + scrap (any waste articles or discarded material)

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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: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: doppel-PAK-er-ATZ-uhl (doppelpackeratzeling, doppelpackeratzeled)

Sentence: Fritz was a merry old soul. He was no scrooge when it came to giftgiving, often presenting expensive gifts to his friends. Fritz lived alone with his muttonchop sideburns, and as the years went on, he developed a strange habit of recycling used giftwrap. He had become a DOPPELPACKERATZEL- an eccentric double-packing enigma who ironed the creases from Christmas paper and stored it in the attic to use again and again. He once gave Eva an ersatz Swiss watch wrapped in yellowed paper which had been used at least thrice. Eva was bemused by the fact she had been DOPPELPACKERATZELED again this year. Fritz was an endearing dumbkopf, and folks had been known to receive Braun coffee makers wrapped in paper festooned with Easter Bunnies...... Was können Sie tun?

Etymology: Okay-bear with me on this one... DOPPELPACKERATZEL.....DOPPELganger+PACKER+RATSEL= DOPPELPACKERATZEL.....DOPPELGANGER:an evil ghostly counterpart of a living person, literally "double goer";German Doppelgänger, from doppel- double + -gänger goer.....PACKER:to enclose in a package or covering,to present (as a product) in such a way as to heighten its appeal to the recipient;origin clouded.....RATSEL:something hard to understand or explain,an inscrutable or mysterious person;literally "enigma" in German;Latin aenigma, from Greek ainigmat-, ainigma, from ainissesthai to speak in riddles, from ainos fable. (The "S" in RATSEL is changed to a "Z" just because it looks nifty.)

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COMMENTS:

The earliest reference to the celebration of the nativity on December 25 is found in the Chronography of 354, an illuminated manuscript compiled in Rome in 354. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-22: 06:37:00

I would like to pay tribute to Jean Shepherd...a great humorist, radio personality and Author of the movie "A Christmas Story". Listen to his nostalgic shows at: http://flicklives.com/ Thank You for your Jolliness. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-22: 07:05:00

Ausgeszeichsnet! Es ist ein schones Wort. Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gluckliches Neues Jahr! - Nosila, 2008-12-22: 23:02:00

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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.

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COMMENTS:

clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-22: 09:43:00

Hee Hee Heee- pro foundly undergroundly. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:11:00

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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: SKK717

Pronunciation: Ree Pet eh pack use

Sentence: When Dora went to open her gift she noticed how beautiful the wrapping paper was. I better repetipacuse, she thought to herself, so she could save it for later.

Etymology: Combination form of Repetitve, package and use

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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: Nosila

Pronunciation: rap art tay

Sentence: (Sung(?) like a rap song...) Yo, yo,ho, ho, let me tell you, And let me tell you well, Here's what happened to me Last year just before Noel. To try and save the Planet And my earnings as well, I decided to recycle gifts and all the wrap as well. It was wrapartee devine when I found her the perfect prez. I wrapped it in a garbage bag, And hid it in our rez. My girl's face on Yule morn, was as stunned as it could be. I'd bought some bling on e-bay, and wrapped it in a bag I'd used for the dog. Snoop Doggy Dogg that is. My girl she found it Ludacris, especially when she saw all the Eminems I'd used to make the bag feel bigger. She called me a gangsta' of love, that I'd graffitied on her heart and then she raised her hand up hard and punched me clear back to the ghetto. Yo, Yo, Ho, Ho, I have to call Dr. Dre,to treat my big black shiner, because it will not go away! Yo, yo, ho, ho,...that's a wrap!

Etymology: Wrap (to cover in paper or cellophane, especially gifts) & Repartee (adroitness and clever responses; witty banter)

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COMMENTS:

The wrap star of the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:33:00

clever and fun - mweinmann, 2008-12-23: 23:21:00

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Created by: Redrover

Pronunciation: re+hash+uh+rap

Sentence: Ernest tried not to notice that his birthday gift had "Happy Hanukkah" written all over it but his cheap brother never bought anything new. This was yet another example of his rehashawrap proclivities.

Etymology: rehash = old material that is slightly reworked and used again; wrap = to enclose with a covering of paper

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