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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
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Labull
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: lay-bull
Sentence: The labull said Prada. But for the fact that the shirt was missing an arm, Sue would never have guessed that James had been playing brand games.
Etymology: label, bull
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COMMENTS:
Roared with laughter over the implications! Not only fits the definnition but all labels! Straight forward simplicity ... but it says it all powerfully! Great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 09:55:00
hey purple - stache is asking for music prompts - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-03: 16:44:00
Sounds like a 'cock-and-labull story' to me. Good one! - Tigger, 2008-03-03: 21:51:00
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Adcumbous
Created by: BIANCAGRAY1
Pronunciation: ad-come-bus
Sentence: You are adcumbous.
Etymology: ad-to cumb-to lie ous
Mockshock
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mäkshäk
Sentence: 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)
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COMMENTS:
It was a mockcident... - Nosila, 2010-05-12: 11:24:00
Darn... I should have thought of this one! :-) Good job, ARTR. - XMbIPb, 2010-05-12: 17:24:00
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Pervhibition
Created by: lilyk12342
Pronunciation: perv-hi-bi-tion
Sentence: The man made quite a pervhibition about his new cell phone, which he advertised as an iPhone, although it was a knockoff.
Etymology: perv-from pervasion, to be distorted. hibition-from exhibition, a public display
Crapsimile
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: crap/sim/i/lee
Sentence: Most products from that particular country are a crapsimile of the original brand-name product.
Etymology: CRAPSIMILE noun - from - CRAP (rubbish; junk) + FACSIMILE (a copy, or reproduction)
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COMMENTS:
Terrific sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 14:48:00
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Designerlibel
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /di-ZAI-ner-lai-bul/
Sentence: It all started when Jack was a teenager, and he tried painting a Reebok logo on the department store, no-name-brand sneakers that was all his family could afford, and now he would make regular forays into the men's fashion stores where they sold Armani, D&G and Hugo Boss, to look for loose brand labels that he could affix to his own bargain clothing. Jack had been commiting designerlibel for years, even though he now owned his own successful department store chain.
Etymology: Blended malapropism of "Designer Label": Designer - bearing the name or logo of a specific designer (from Latin, dēsignāre "to designate") + Libel - to misrepresent damagingly (from Latin, libellus "little book, pamphlet")
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COMMENTS:
Watch him clotheslie! Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 08:47:00
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Logorigem
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: log/oh/rig/em
Sentence: Stanley was a master at logorigems. He would slap a fake logo on anything.
Etymology: logo + rig (arrange dishonestly for one's own advantage)+ logarithm (math term)
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COMMENTS:
There's even a rhythm in saying logorigem. In more ways than one, it's music to our ears! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 09:23:00
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Econolies
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: i/kon'/e/lize
Sentence: As a way to econolies, Sarah often mixed no name honey nut O's half and half with generic "regular" O's and then poured them back into the Honey Nut Cheerios box.
Etymology: economize (to avoid waste or extravagance) + lies (untruths)
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-03: 18:44:00
Econolies and your sentence cheapscathes those cheapskates! Superbly innovative! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 22:57:00
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Vertosanctanomin
Created by: TCalhoun
Pronunciation: Ver to sanc ta no min
Sentence: Despite the man's blatent vertosanctanomin, people thought he had rich tastes, but he really had just spraypainted a wheelbarrow.
Etymology: Vert- (turn) Sanct- (holy) -Nomin (name)
Passpimpage
Created by: Bewildertrix
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COMMENTS:
Very interesting. Wish you had given us a sentence and etymology. You get points for each item you complete! Sometimes more is better! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-03: 22:59:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ddove60. Thank you ddove60. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-03-03: 10:00:00
Your definition, ddove60, along with your cartoon, James, inspired so many witty, clever verboticisms today, a wonderful slate of fun words here today!
Tigger - 2008-03-03: 22:16:00
The cartoon is hilarious, by the way. I bet that 'convertible' handles great!
Thanks silveryaspen and Tigger! ~ James
Ilan - 2008-12-30: 20:25:00
Spirit of the stairwell strikes again! Missed my chance to submit "abbrandizement".
Today's definition was suggested by ddove60. Thank you ddove60. ~ James
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