Introduction

After seeing an item stamped “return to sender”, I got thinking.
The word “return” is based in latin: re (back) + tornare (to turn). ie to turn back.

I figured I’d make few other useful phrases, that I could use in my postal affairs, which stemmed from the word ‘return’.

The List of Alternate “Returns”.

• abturn [ab = away from]:   “quick send it anywhere, but here”
• scopeturn [scope = examine]:   “on closer inspection, you can have it back”
• teleturn [tele = distance]:   “I decided it was best to send it far, far away”
• anturn [an = without]:   “I sent it back empty”
• adturn [as = toward]:   “send to this John instead”
• ambiturn [ambi = both sides]:   “I don’t want it back, you have it.”
• antiturn [anti = against]:   “this thing seems un-returnable”
• disturn [dis = not]:   “I refuse to send it back”
• poleinturn [polein = money]:   “I will sell it back to you… how’s $50 sound?”
• archturn [arch = ancient]:   “It took them way too long to return it…”
• autoturn [auto = self]:   “Everything is sent back automatically”
• agereturn [agere = agent]:   “I’m sending it back on their behalf”
• biturn [bi = turn]:   “I sent it back in two parts”
• polyturn [poly = many]:   “I sent it back broken into many parts”
• bioturn [bio = life]:   “it turned mouldy, have it back.”
• mortiturn [morti = dead]:   “it died, have it back.”
• egoturn [ego = myself]:   “I gave it back…. to myself!”
• preturn [pre = before]:   “on the way to a returner”
• postturn [post = after]:   “on the way back from the returner”
• psycheturn [psyche = mind, soul]:   “believed to be returned”
• sinturn [sin = together]:   “returned with some other stuff as well”
• phageturn [phage = eat]:   “After starting to eat it, I decided to send it back.”
• periturn [peri = around]:   “Gave it to John, to give to Bob, to give to you.”
• nomenturn [nomen = name]:   “Sent it on, to the correct person…”
• liberturn [liber = free]:   “I set it free”
• publicusturn [publicus = public]:   “gave it back, but made a big scene in public.”
• portoturn [porto = carry]:   “I had to carry it back”
• maniturn [mania = obsessive]:   “absolutely has to return everything on time”
• fraterturn [frater = brother]:   “actually, I sent it to your brother”
• identurn [idem = the same]:   “returned to you something identical”
• homoturn [home = same]:   “returned to you something similar”
• geoturn [geo = earth]:   “I buried it.”
• exturn [ex = out]:   “I threw it outside.”
• epiturn [epi = over]:   “I threw it over the fence.”
• ripariaturn [riparia = river]:   “I threw it in the lake.”