DEFINITION: v., To receive a gift covered in previously used wrap. n., Recycled gift-wrap, may or may not suit the occasion.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Wrapredux: /rap-re-dux/ Though he knew in his heart that he was a miserly skinflint, Lyndal did his best to put positive spin on his habit of reusing wrapping paper, blithely refering to it as ‘wrapredux’, thinking (and hoping) that others would regard it and his stinginess in a positive light. Etymology: Blend of ‘wrap’ and ‘redux’….(‘to bring back’) Created by: Mustang.
Wrapstar: /rap star/ 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) Created by: Nosila.
Giftcrapped: /gift-krapd/ 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) Created by: artr.
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