Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rap star

Sentence: Rodney, aka Dr Rod, was famous for being able to swathe gifts in any type of material for giving. He was the wrapstar in the family and people equally looked forward to and dreaded his creativity...

Etymology: Wrap Star, Wordplay on Rap Star (genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged-Star meaning a commercially successful entertainer of the genre)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: tshred bay ring g ifff ts

Sentence: the unwise men always come threadbearinggifts

Etymology: threadbare, bearing gifts

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COMMENTS:

Verry econo-merry! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:12:00

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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: jajsr

Pronunciation: Pass-tee-rap

Sentence: Joan was amazed at Frank's ability to wrap presents. The box was beautifully wrapped with an intricate bow to match. But upon further inspection of Frank's box, Joan noticed a small portion of a "From - To" sticker on the side and she knew it was pastiwrapped.

Etymology: Combination of "Past" - Having existed or taken place in a period before the present; and "Wrap" - to cover especially by winding or folding.

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COMMENTS:

Ha ha ha....Good one! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:17:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: day - ja - vee - ewed

Sentence: George wasn't sure but he thought he had a strange case of dejaviewed as he opened Margie's gift. Last year, he had purchased a large roll of paper that looked just like this and had wrapped at least 20 gifts with it.

Etymology: deja (having occurred previously, repetativeness of events or actions)+ viewed (having been seen previously)

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COMMENTS:

Wonderful word with great originality. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:43:00

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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: monkeywithamonocle

Pronunciation: rap-ree-kay-shun

Sentence: The fabrication of gift wrapping with possible reprocussions.

Etymology: Wrap, fabrication

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:15:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: slow-pen

Sentence: nanna was always guaranteed to slopen her presents

Etymology: slow, open

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COMMENTS:

another great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-19: 12:47:00

Clever blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-19: 17:59:00

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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: CaptainHuggyface

Pronunciation: Rap-Re-Cent

Sentence: "Billy, what's with this wrapping paper? It looks like the same paper I wrapped your gift in yesterday." "Yeah, sis...I'm just tryin' to WrapReSent, yo."

Etymology: Urban slang

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