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Am I the only person who doesn't understand the word 'Giftsperation' in Goodreads' blog titled: "Get Bookish 'Giftsperation' From These Top Authors!"
Are they trying (and failing) to combine the words 'gift' and 'inspiration'?
— Dec 16, 2017 11:10AM
Are they trying (and failing) to combine the words 'gift' and 'inspiration'?
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Dec 17, 2017 01:43AM
Yeah try saying that without spitting in someone’s face
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Rebecca wrote: "I don't get it either; it's sort of a pet peeve of mine when people try to create new phrases out of words thrown together at random (unless it makes sense, like "airbag" or "angelfish"), but it al..."Yeah, I'm not a fan of the 'Brangelina' type words either, but they could have at least spelt 'Giftsperation' as 'Giftspiration' with an 'i'. The 'e' makes no sense whatsoever. You kind of expect this on Yahoo and in The Sun, but this is a book site damn it!
Alison wrote: "Yeah try saying that without spitting in someone’s face"Haha. I'm going to try! :)
Jason wrote: "it is utter nonsollocks!"That's actually quite a good one!
