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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Wrapsody: /rap so dee/ Jill’s kids, cat and hubby each felt their own wrapsody on Christmas morning.
Her kids would make houses out of the boxes that their expensive toys came in; her hubby made silly hats from the ribbons and bows and her cat loved shredding the tissue and then horking it up all morning, all over the house.
Wrapture, Bliss! Etymology: Wrap (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped) & Rhapsody (A state of elated bliss; ecstasy) Created by: Nosila.
Boxnip: /Bocks-nipp/ Like a jovial child, Roger was fully engaged in the packaging popcorn. His office became a winter wonderland of Styrofoam popcorn. The stuff was boxnip to him. Etymology: box-as in cardboard box; catnip-drives cats nuts and is really engaging to them. Created by: youmustvotenato.
Carboard: /kärbôrd/ Joyce knew her son would not care much that she was buying a new refrigerator. What she didn’t expect was that he would have a fit when she tried to dispose of the box it came in. Carboard! Carboard! he screamed. For the next couple of weeks, the carton was a race car, a taxi, a fire truck and a tank. Who knew? Etymology: car (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people) + cardboard (pasteboard or stiff paper) Created by: artr2.
Packidding: // Etymology: Created by: iscars.
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