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gift-worthy 

Having earned the admiration/respect/affection of another person to the extent that they will give you a token of their feelings voluntarily and without expectation of repayment.
A: Bought you something!
P: Ohhhhh.... I really wish you hadn't.
A: Oh, you'll think differently when you see what it is! Spent very little, if that's what you're worried about.
P: Yeah, but I also haven't been gift-worthy in quite a while...
A: Oh whatever! Gift-worthy isn't even a real thing. You just made that up.
gift-worthy by Clark Can't May 24, 2017
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Gift of gab 

The ability to talk anyone into anything.
Damn, That nigga got the gift of gab cuz he can get out of anything
Gift of gab by AC January 31, 2004

gift from god

Girls, girlfriends, and anything female from birth.
Eve was a gift from God to Adam.
gift from god by Gerhard D. May 16, 2006

Gift Grab 

Invited to a birthday party, wedding, baby or bridal shower by someone rarely see or talk to just to bring a gift. Invite is usually by mass email. Not really friends with the person.
Receive mass email invite to someone's birthday party, whom I have not spoken to in a year. Tried to maintain contact or get together, but person too busy to get together, usually makes no effort. Told by friend when people who make no effort to call or stay in contact, but send out a mass birthday or shower e-vite, are gift grabbing.

Attend baby shower, mother to be barely acknowledges your presence, but happy to take the gift you spent your money on. Barely or does not say "thank you", receive a thank you note via email by the grandmother to be. Blatant gift grab.
Gift Grab by dondoca August 22, 2009
Word of the Day on May 12, 2025

Gift-jacked

After someone has confided what they plan to get a common recipient as a gift, gift-jacking is stealing that person's gift idea and buying it for the recipient yourself first. Result is that they have to think of something else to give. Often followed later with the gift-jacker mentioning what they got the recipient and pretending it was their idea in the first place.

Noun form is Gift-jacker: being the person who does the idea theft.
I was going to get Jane an apron for Christmas, but I got gift-jacked by my Mom.
Gift-jacked by etcetera16 December 24, 2010

gift grab 

Receiving a wedding or graduation party invitation from someone with whom you have very little connection, or none at all. Typically peaks in the spring and early summer.
"Look, honey, we are invited to Chip and Muffy's wedding this summer! Isn't Muffy the third cousin, twice removed of your old high school teacher's son's first wife? I guess we've gotten a gift grab!
gift grab by divamama April 28, 2011