April 2, 2004

Regifter

  1. An individual who accepts a gift a from one person and then, without the gifter’s knowledge, bestows that gift upon another person: Tim Whatley.
  2. An entity that accepts a gift a from one person and then, without the gifter’s approval, bestows that gift upon another person: The Canada Revenue Agency.

re·gift·er
Etymology: Burnt into the mid-ninties lexicon by the sitcom Seinfeld (episode 98: “The Label Maker”).

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