Though the phenomenon of regifting is probably something that has existed since gift-giving began, the lexical gap for a description of this activity was only filled in the mid-nineties. The first use of regift and its derivatives is attributed to the American comedian Jerry Seinfeld. In a 1995 TV show, Superbowl tickets and a label maker were regifted, and the episode took a light-hearted look at the mistakes people make while trying to conceal the fact that something is a regift.