not a new word, but...

[Victor Steinbok]

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]

     VS-)

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.
>
> LH

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