repackage

repackage

English

Etymology

    From re- + package.

    Verb

    repackage (third-person singular simple present repackages, present participle repackaging, simple past and past participle repackaged)

    1. (transitive) To package again or differently.
      • 2003 November 21, Peter Bradshaw, “Love Actually”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 6 March 2026:
        And overseeing them all, like a raddled old good-ish fairy, is Bill Nighy, playing a superannuated rocker hoping to get a Christmas number one with his cynically repackaged version of Love Is All Around.
      • 2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE[2], archived from the original on 11 September 2024:
        These testosterone thumpers have repackaged and exaggerated the study, with a credulity born of zealotry, into articles with shitposty titles like “Trust The Science: Study Links Left-Wing Politics to Lower Testosterone,” casting it as hard proof of their hormonal theories of healthy politics.

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