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Gift Shifting

The act (often by a husband) of shifting the timing of a previously planned gift to coincide with another event or holiday in order to either a)avoid being totally giftless or b) avoid double gifting
Jon gave his wife a bike on Mother's Day thereby Gift Shifting from his planned summer purchase.
by Hafester May 13, 2009
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gift shop on the Queen Mary

Slang term for exploring one's homosexuality when it is still at the thinly-veiled, everyone knows but it's not official yet, closet stage.
John moved out to California to work at the gift shop on the Queen Mary, if you know what I mean.
by MakeItDrizzle July 6, 2009
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Giftionary

A list of items used as gifts. ie Gift guide.
"Hey mom what should I get my girlfriend" "I dont know Johnny look in the giftionary."
by fupafiend December 20, 2009
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gift gypped

when you receive a gift for a holiday such as christmas, and u come back to school, work, or whatever and it seems like everyone else has the same thing. when this happens you get in an uncomfortable state because you are now not considered original.
(PERSON 1) hey look that bro must have gotten the same sweater for christmas
(PERSON 2)oh crap I must have gotten gift gypped
by stay classsy san diego January 7, 2010
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gift block

v. When someone convinces someone else not to give you a gift, especially when you did, in fact, want a gift; similar to jock block
Your mom: Oh, he doesn't need a gift. Save your money, buy yourself something nice. He would want it.

Gifter: Ok, if you're sure...

You (quietly): Oh... I've been gift blocked...
by fluffy8u January 9, 2011
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Gift Giving Anxiety

The anxiety of the time between purchasing a gift and giving it to the intended recipient due to worrying about whether or not the recipient will like the gift.
I bought a tacky wolf shirt for a friend but in the month before I gave it to him before his birthday I had a horrible case of Gift Giving Anxiety.
by PumpkinPieToLoveBug February 18, 2011
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Gift Jacked

When one steals a present rather than having it given to them.

Boy: Im assuming I will get hosed
until I jack his card and order a watch with it!
Girl: You can't jack a GIFT!
Boy: Yeah you can
its called Gift Jacking
you say
"run yo shit foo"
and take the card
then you call and say
"send me that shit foo"
gift jacked
"you done been gift jacked foo"
maybe I need to add that to Urban Dictionary
What the Grinch did to the Whos...they got gift jacked sad
by Gift Jacker November 29, 2011
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