not a new word, but...

Ronald Butters ronbutters at AOL.COM
Sun Nov 28 20:10:02 UTC 2010


Ands there is also post-gifting, aka Boxing Day.

On Nov 28, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> 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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