Slang word of the day: re-gift

Today's slang word of the day is re-gift. Click here to see the definitions, and to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

re-gift

noun

• a gift received from someone, and then given as a gift to someone else. Reasons vary and include not liking the gift (and hence not wanting to keep it for one's self,) or using it as a last-minute gift after forgetting to buy a gift.

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  Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by Joshua S. from Newport, KY 41071, USA on Jan 31 2003.  (Edit this definition.)

verb - transitive

• to give someone a gift that was previously received as a gift from a different person.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Classy Christmas, Part 2", The Office (TV, 2010), Season 7 Episode 11

  Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by Joshua S. from Newport, KY 41071, USA on Jan 31 2003.  (Edit this definition.)

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-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com) from The Online Slang Dictionary