DEFINITION: v. tr. 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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Schlockoff: /shläkôf/ It was bad enough that Rudy bought knockoff products but relabeling them took it up a notch to make them schlockoffs. Did he really believe that people were fooled by his made-in-China, phony “Chucks” because he had embroidered a Nike swoosh on the sides? Etymology: schlock (cheap or inferior goods or material; trash) + Knockoff (a copy or imitation, esp. of an expensive or designer product) Created by: artr.
Comments on Schlockoff:
wayoffcenter, 2008-12-26: 08:45:00
Schlock is one of those words that just roll off your tongue. 🙂silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 10:12:00
Has a naughty (not he) appeal! Funtastic word!
Fauxtagraft: /FOE-tag-graft/ By attaching phony designer tags to his ordinary wardrobe Wilson was convinced that other folks would be fooled though most in fact, were on to his fauxtagraft tactics and secretly laughed at him behind his back. Etymology: Blend of ‘faux’ (false) ‘tag’ (designer label) and ‘graft’ (to attach as if by grafting) Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Fauxtagraft:
Nosila, 2008-12-26: 18:48:00
What a fauxtogenic word!Mustang, 2008-12-27: 01:18:00
It was a fauxtofinish…..just sort of developed….Mustang, 2008-12-28: 00:38:00
It was a fauxtofinish…..just sort of developed….
Lamborweenie: /lam bowr wee neee/ he put hios foot down and it immediately became obvious that the only horses under the hood of his lamborweenie were on the way to the knackers yard
Etymology: lamborghini, weenie Created by: galwaywegian.
Comments on Lamborweenie:
silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 10:17:00
Jolly good word!Nosila, 2008-12-26: 18:50:00
It’s a weener!
Crapsimile: /crap-sim-i-lee/ 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)
Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Crapsimile:
silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 14:48:00
Terrific sentence!
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