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I'm not sure who came up with the term, but it was coined to describe the act of taking a gift you've received (usually something you don't like, don't want, or can't use) and giving it to someone else--and this is always done without telling the new recipient where the gift really came from. I have seen the term on etiquette web sites, and for good reason--sometimes the regifter gives the gift back to the person who gave it to them, usually unintentionally; regifters have also given gifts to recipients who know the origin of the gift, usually something the regifter isn't aware of. I don't know if the term originated on an etiquette site, however.

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