From My Sister...
*The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited
readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by
adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new
definition.* *
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Here are the winners:*
1.* Cashtration* (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders
the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2.* Ignoranus* : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
3.* Intaxicaton* : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts
until you realize it was your money to start with.
4.* Reintarnation* : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5.* Bozone* ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that
stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer,
unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near
future.
6.* Foreploy* : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the
purpose of getting laid.
7.* Giraffiti* : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8.* Sarchasm* : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and
the person who doesn't get it.
9.* Inoculatte* : To take coffee intravenously when you are
running late.
10.* Osteopornosis* : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
credit.)
11.* Karmageddon* : It's like, when everybody is sending off all
these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth
explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12.* Decafalon* (n.): The grueling event of getting through the
day consuming only things that are good for you.
13..* Glibido* : All talk and no action.
14.* Dopeler Effect*: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem
smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15.* Arachnoleptic Fit* (n.): The frantic dance performed just
after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16.* Beelzebug* (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets
into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17.* Caterpallor* ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a
worm in the fruit you're eating.*
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The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions
to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply
alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:*
1.* Coffee*, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2.* Flabbergasted*, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight
one has gained.
3.* Abdicate*, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4* esplanade*, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5.* Willy-nilly*, adj. Impotent.
6.* Negligent*, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when
wearing only a nightgown.
7.* Lymph*, v. To walk with a lisp.
8.* Gargoyle*, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9.* Flatulence*, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who
has been run over by a steamroller.
10.* Balderdash*, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11.* Testicle*, n. A humorous question on an exam.
12.* Rectitude*, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by
proctologists.
13.* Pokemon*, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14.* Oyster*, n.. A person who sprinkles his conversation with
Yiddishisms.
15.* Frisbeetarianism*, n. The belief that, after death, the
soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16.* Circumvent*, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts
worn by Jewish men.