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.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Logobogus: /-lo-go-bo-gus-/ Q.: “I heard you broke up with Wendy. What gives?â€
A.: “Couldn’t stand that LOGOBOGUS bubblehead. I mean so she’s into the Italian designer labels. OK. I’ve put up with that. So she can’t afford to buy the real stuff and has to settle for cheap knock-offs. OK. I’ve put up with that too. But you can’t buy stuff that spells ‘Gucci’ with a ‘C’ and an ‘H’ and then brag about it!!!â€
Etymology: LOGO – (fr. Greek ‘logos’ – word) a trademark image (e.g. Michelin Man, McDonald’s golden arches); BOGUS – (modern slang) fake, false, phony, counterfeit, sham Created by: XMbIPb.
Counterfiat: /kown ter fee yat/ Frederico Felonio was not just a suave playboy and wannabe mafioso, he actually owned synthetic samples of famous Italian brand names. He had fake Ferrugamo shoes, phoney Fendi bags, artificial Armani suits, plastic Prada products,pukey Pucci,mock Moschino, copy Cavalli and worst he drove a counterFiat. Many would think he was an imitation Italian or worse a Soprani Soprano… he tried to get out, but they kept pulling him back in! Etymology: Counterfeit (make a copy of with the intent to deceive; not genuine; imitating something superior) & Fiat (Fiat S.p.A., an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino: Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial and industrial group based in Turin in the Piedmont region) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Counterfiat:
artr, 2010-05-12: 06:29:00
Very alliterate.
Mockshock: /mäkshäk/ In a major case of mockshock, Hannah found that the fabuloss designer top she bought from a road-side vendor was not what it was purported to be. The first time she washed it, it virtually dissolved. It must have been made of opulint. Etymology: mock (not authentic or real) + shock (a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience) Created by: artr.
Comments on Mockshock:
Nosila, 2010-05-12: 11:24:00
It was a mockcident…XMbIPb, 2010-05-12: 17:24:00
Darn… I should have thought of this one!
🙂
Good job, ARTR.
Uplabel: / -ÊŒpˈleɪbÉ™l-/ “Your shirt looks kind of uplabeled. Are you sure it’s really designer wear?”
“Jamie’s shoes aren’t Prada ones. When I was alone in his room, I saw the corresponding shoe box. Those hooves are an uplabel.” Etymology: up-label; label: (transitive) to put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something); uplabel therefore is to label something up, as in “to upgrade sth.” antonym: downlabel Created by: freiflug.
Comments on Uplabel:
Nosila, 2010-05-13: 00:34:00
Up-roarious
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