DEFINITION: v. tr., To open presents in cautious, careful manner so that you can save and reuse the wrapping. v. intr., 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)
Retissued: /rēˈtishoÅ/ Mary just took this recycling thing too far. Not only would she re-gift on a regular basis, but they were wrapped in used gift wrap. Her gifts were reissued and retissued. She would only be mildly embarrassed if the recipient of one of her gifts was the originator of the gift or the gift wrap. Etymology: reissue (make a new supply or different form of a product available) tissue (a thin semi-transparent paper) Created by: artr.
Comments on Retissued:
silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:37:00
Your third sentence will live forever in my memory every time the reissued and/or retissued occurs. Excellent!metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:13:00
A succinct classic !mweinmann, 2008-12-23: 23:24:00
This makes me think about the gift one of my colleagues received today…..we were speechless…OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-23: 23:57:00
Good word.
Wrapsimonious: /rap-si-mo-ni-ous  / Joe recycles nothing, so when he carefully removes the paper from his gifts, he is just being wrapsimonious, so he won’t have to purchase any. Etymology: WRAPSIMONIOUS – from WRAP (wrapping paper) + PARSIMONIOUS (excessively cheap, frugal) Created by: Stevenson0.
Giftskinning: /gift-SKIN-ning/ Although Bob couldn’t resist using his skills as a taxidermist when unwrapping presents; more often than not, despite his painstaking peelings, his giftskinning ended in a wrapsidermical stuff-up. And many a time on Christmas day a wrapclamation catastrophe found him in deep depression, suffering from his latest bout of the yuleskinner blues. Etymology: Gift: a present & Skinning: remove outer layer or epidermis; fig to remove covering. Created by: OZZIEBOB.
Comments on Giftskinning:
silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:47:00
Your word stuck me as so appropriate to the two seasons, Christma and hunting, that are shared here in the Rocky Mountain northwest. Very timely create!metrohumanx, 2008-12-23: 10:16:00
Remember” Ghost Riders in The Sky?”
….I just KNEW you would!
Wrapartee: /rap art tay/ (Sung(?) like a rap song…)
Yo, yo,ho, ho, let me tell you,
And let me tell you well,
Here’s what happened to me
Last year just before Noel.
To try and save the Planet
And my earnings as well,
I decided to recycle
gifts and all the wrap as well.
It was wrapartee devine
when I found her the perfect prez.
I wrapped it in a garbage bag,
And hid it in our rez.
My girl’s face on Yule morn,
was as stunned as it could be.
I’d bought some bling on e-bay,
and wrapped it in a bag I’d used for the dog.
Snoop Doggy Dogg that is.
My girl she found it Ludacris,
especially when she saw all the Eminems
I’d used to make the bag feel bigger.
She called me a gangsta’ of love, that I’d graffitied on her heart and then she raised her hand up hard and punched me clear back to the ghetto.
Yo, Yo, Ho, Ho, I have to call Dr. Dre,to treat my big black shiner,
because it will not go away!
Yo, yo, ho, ho,…that’s a wrap!
Etymology: Wrap (to cover in paper or cellophane, especially gifts) & Repartee (adroitness and clever responses; witty banter) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Wrapartee:
silveryaspen, 2008-12-22: 14:33:00
The wrap star of the day!mweinmann, 2008-12-23: 23:21:00
clever and fun
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