not a new word, but...

[Dan Goncharoff]

Re pre-gifting: I thought we already determined this is a McGuffin...

DanG

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> If you can have "re-gifting", why not "self-gifting"? Or, for that
> matter, "pre-gifting"? [i.e., giving a present for a particular occasion
> well in advance, although there may be other interpretations]
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>     VS-)
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> On 11/28/2010 9:16 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> > ...one that comes round every Black Friday:  "self-gifting".  It
> > sounds silly to me, but I have to admit there's no other synonym to
> > occupy that slot.
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> > LH
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