Oxford English Dictionary meaning of novelty
• noun - having the quality of being novel.
a new or unfamiliar thing.
a small and inexpensive toy or ornament.
The novelty section in home-gadgets.co.uk contains products that could be described with 1 or more of the above.
Indeed, all 3 definitions apply to the Moshi
Monster -
it has a novel quality, is new and unfamiliar to most people and is a small
and inexpensive gadget. Logically therefore it should make the perfect
novelty gift. At the other end of the spectrum of novelty gifts there is
a whole range of 'desktop novelty' items - from the USB
Missile Launcher to the USB
Paper Shredder.
A type of ornament (perhaps!) but more of a toy and definitely novel.
As these examples demonstrate, novelty gifts and products have enormous variety of size, appeal, style and functionality.
This is the main reason for including a Novelty section in home-gadgets.co.uk and the ever increasing range of items coming new
onto the market gives us great scope to offer our customers an ongoing, developing and exciting choice of gifts.