Tis the Season to Regift
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:47:38 GMT
Regift: (verb) To give an unwanted gift to someone else; to give as a gift something one previously received as a gift. Webster’s New Millenniumâ„¢ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6).
Tis the season when there is going to be a lot of gift-giving and I am quessing, a lot or regift-giving.
I think I first heard the term on a Seinfeld episode, where George mentions to Jerry how someone regifted him a labelmaker. George goes on to coin the term “degift”, that’s when you ask for a gift you gave someone back.
I have to admit, I’ve done it myself. Those unopened presents your kids gets for a birthday, eventually end up as someone elses birthday gift.
Now there is an entire website devoted to the practice of regifting, Regiftable.com
It has some valuable information, as well as some important questions you need to ask yourself before regifting an item.
Check it out.
