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)
Enwraptured: /in – rap – chur – d/ Mitsy spent an entire afternoon choosing a special gift for Elijah’s birthday. Imagine her disappointment when Elijah became enwraptured with the packaging and wrapping and forgot all about the gift itself. Etymology: enraptured (enchanted: held spellbound), wrap Created by: mweinmann.
Comments on Enwraptured:
Nosila, 2009-06-04: 17:15:00
It’s a wrap!
Inboxication: /inbäksikÄshÉ™n/ Christmas morning is time of utter inboxication for Tom’s cat, Mr. Fuzzy Pants. He loves nothing more than climbing in and out of the assortment of boxes and cartons while the silly humans oow and aah over the stupid stuff that they crammed into these little cubes of heaven. Then comes the unbelievable part, trash day, when that idiot Tom steals Fuzz’s toys and sends them to who knows where. His only recourse is to mellow out with a major dose of catnip and try to forget. Etymology: intoxication (to lose control of one’s faculties or behavior from use of alcoholic drink or a drug) + box (a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid) Created by: artr.
Bowkeep: /bo-keep/ Little Bowkeep saved every scrap of ribbon and wrapping from each gift she received to decorate her Barbie dreamhouse. She even took the bow off the new puppy her grandmother gave her and ran off to Barbieland. Etymology: Wordplay on Little Bo Peep. Created by: mrskellyscl.
Packa-ching!: /pak-ka-ching!/ the new bike went unnoticed as Toby was too enamored with the packa-ching. Etymology: packaging, ka-ching! Created by: rikboyee.
Comments on Packa-ching!:
Nosila, 2009-06-04: 17:18:00
Cute word!
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