{"id":1191,"date":"2011-04-21T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2011-04-21T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T16:00:09","slug":"wrapscallion-is-this-shrink-wrapping-a-new-security-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"Wrapscallion: Is this shrink wrapping a new security feature?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v.<\/em> To injure oneself physically, or to be reduced to a state of mental incapacity, when attempting to open shrink-wrapped CDs, DVDs or software. n.<\/em> Packaging that is painfully difficult to open.<\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Wrapscallion<\/strong>: \/rap skal leon<\/em>\/ The Cd’s and Dvd’s were so painful to open, that George suspected an unscrupulous wrapscallion plot was afoot. Yes after careful examination, he decided it was a nefarious scheme, the same one which kept the elderly from getting at their meds’ bottles. Or the unenlightened to try and open a package of sticky notes. Why even the clever new knife designed specifically to open such hard plastic packages came in one…what was the world coming to??? Etymology:<\/em> Wrap (packaging;the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped) & Rapscallion (a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel)
\n Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

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libertybelle<\/a><\/strong>, 2011-04-19: 08:10:00<\/em>
brilliant!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Boobywrap<\/strong>: \/bo\u00c5\u008db\u00c4\u201crap<\/em>\/ Jerry bought a new video game. It turned out to be a boobywrap. He cut up his fingers so badly getting the package open that he had to wait a week to try out the game. Etymology:<\/em> booby-trap (a thing designed to catch the unwary) + wrap (cover or enclose) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

Stinkwrap<\/strong>: \/stink- rap<\/em>\/ After fighting the stinkwrap keeping me from my much sought after Sims game, I finally broke down and chewed the plastic off. I would have been more upset, but I did grow up during hte time when new CDs came in a plastic cage, making it impossible to listen to them before you could get home and cut away the plastic with bolt cutters. That was the 90s version of stinkwrap. Etymology:<\/em> stink (as in that stinks to voice displeasure) + shrinkwrap Created by:<\/em> libertybelle.<\/p>\n

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Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2011-04-20: 21:34:00<\/em>
smelly good…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Gitwrapping<\/strong>: \/git-rap-ping<\/em>\/ The supermarket bosses were laughing up their sleeves. Not only were their gullible consumers buying thousands of unnecessary bog-offs, they’d get home and be unable to successfully open the gitwrapping. Subsequent frustration would inevitably lead to broken DVDs and the consumer would have to go back next day and buy a replacement. Kerching! Etymology:<\/em> git (offensive slang for a stupid or annoying person) + wrapping (protective covering on merchandise) + giftwrapping (pretty paper used to cover presents) Created by:<\/em> CharlieB.<\/p>\n

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Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2011-04-20: 21:36:00<\/em>
you have a git for this…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=shrink<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: v. To injure oneself physically, or to be reduced to a state of mental incapacity, when attempting to open shrink-wrapped CDs, DVDs or software. n. Packaging that is painfully difficult to open. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Wrapscallion: \/rap skal leon\/ The Cd’s and Dvd’s were so painful to open, that … Continue reading Wrapscallion: Is this shrink wrapping a new security feature?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}