spokes n.— «I’m writing in response to “Losing My Sense of Humor,” who coined the word “spokes” to describe all the forwarded e-mail that she receives.» —“Couple lost gift list, but not...
fukubukuro n. a gift bag or package containing unknown and varied merchandise, sold at the New Year for a large discount. Etymological Note: From Japanese 福 fuku ‘good fortune; luck’ + 袋 fukuro ‘bag’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
gun-grabber n.— «Davis, 54, got a TNT-like retirement gift from one right-wing newspaper. Atop a story announcing that Davis was going, the paper’s headline cried, with utmost objectivity: “Chief Gun-Grabber Retires...
gift trauma n.— «“Gift giving has lost its meaning because we’re way too focused on the reaction of the recipient instead of wanting to find a small, meaningful gift,” says Sunwolf, a communications professor at Santa Clara...
caging n.— «Many people use many terms for this service. Some of them are: lock box operation, cashiering, scanning operation, caging operation, cash management, and OCR operation.» —“How to cut costs on gift...
returning the butter n.— «For a man to marry, he had to have land to grow bananas. Even the gifts he took to the bride’s parents had to include matooke. After the marriage, when the bride did what came to be called ‘returning the butter’...