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DEFINITION: v. To give a child, pet or coworker a wrapped gift or packaged item, only to discover they are more interested packaging than the item itself. n. Gift wrapping or packaging which proves to be more exciting than the contained item.
Verboticisms
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Inboxication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: inbäksikāshən
Sentence: Christmas morning is time of utter inboxication for Tom's cat, Mr. Fuzzy Pants. He loves nothing more than climbing in and out of the assortment of boxes and cartons while the silly humans oow and aah over the stupid stuff that they crammed into these little cubes of heaven. Then comes the unbelievable part, trash day, when that idiot Tom steals Fuzz's toys and sends them to who knows where. His only recourse is to mellow out with a major dose of catnip and try to forget.
Etymology: intoxication (to lose control of one's faculties or behavior from use of alcoholic drink or a drug) + box (a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid)
Exteriogratituated
Created by: jetpro14
Pronunciation: Ex-teer-eo-gratit-oo-ated
Sentence: Ms. Rolly Mingwald was exteriogratituated, once again, by her nutty professor.
Etymology: Exterio = outer; Gratituated = thanked for (gratis)
Boxerrebellion
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: bock-sir-re-bell-yun
Sentence: Marina's third birthday brought expensive battery powered gifts as far as the eye could see -all from her "wish list". She played with them for a cumulative total of 10 minutes then grew tired of the noise and staged her own boxer rebellion by building a princess castle out of the packaging.
Etymology: box + boxer rebellion: uprising in China at the turn of last century against foreign trade and technology
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COMMENTS:
Got my vote for originality - too many wrap words - of which i was guilty too - petaj, 2008-04-22: 04:13:00
I LOVE historical references. Good work! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-20: 02:41:00
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Distwraption
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rhymes with distraction
Sentence: Granny always tried to use distwraptions at Christmas time so that the kiddies would not be disappointed with the cheap gifts her penury demanded. Fortunately they all loved to pop the bubblewrap she had scavenged during the year.
Etymology: distraction + wrap
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COMMENTS:
love the sound of this - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-21: 13:48:00
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Boxjoy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bäksjoi
Sentence: Joan always encouraged her children to try new things. When she brought home Chinese carryout Jill, her youngest, discovered boxjoy. Her fascination with the little wire-handled boxes far exceeded her interest for the food inside.
Etymology: box (a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid) + joy (a feeling of great pleasure and happiness) a play on bok choy.
Gladwrap
Created by: anoesis23
Pronunciation: GLAD-rap
Sentence: He gave me a gladwrapped gift, fancy wrapping with hardly anything inside.
Etymology: "glad" + "wrap", also from cling film brand "Gladwrap"
Playgus
Created by: RLMzies
Pronunciation: Play-Gus
Sentence: I gave My 31 year old son a gift in a large box just to see what he would do and when he opened it, he threw the gift onto the ground and popped all of the bubble wrap that was inside of the package. My son is the living deffination of Playgus.
Etymology: I walked down the street and saw a kid get a gift and do this so i made up this word. HAHAHA!!! You stink like moldy socks!!!
Packa-ching!
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: pak-ka-ching!
Sentence: the new bike went unnoticed as Toby was too enamored with the packa-ching.
Etymology: packaging, ka-ching!
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COMMENTS:
Cute word! - Nosila, 2009-06-04: 17:18:00
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Gifirapiwipionfaldikuistimulous
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: ji-fi-raw-pee-on-fal-dee-kooi-sti-moo-lus
Sentence:
Etymology: started of as the beggining of word and added random sounds i have heard.
Wraptscallion
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rapt/scal/yun
Sentence: Chris was such a wraptscallion that his friends gave him gifts packed with paper, string and bubble wrap.
Etymology: wrap + rapt + rapscallion (rascal, scamp)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James