Post by Cynetix on Apr 14, 2005 8:16:17 GMT -5
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:
1. Intaxication (n.) : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation (n.): Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. 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.
4. Foreploy (n.): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
5. Cashtration (v.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
6. Giraffiti (n.): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
7. Sarchasm (n.): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
8. Inoculatte (v.): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
9. Hipatitis (n.) : Terminal coolness.
10. Osteopornosis (n.): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon (n.): 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 (n.) : All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler effect (n.): 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.
And the pick of the literature:
18. Ignoranus (n.): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
1. Intaxication (n.) : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation (n.): Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. 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.
4. Foreploy (n.): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
5. Cashtration (v.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
6. Giraffiti (n.): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
7. Sarchasm (n.): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
8. Inoculatte (v.): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
9. Hipatitis (n.) : Terminal coolness.
10. Osteopornosis (n.): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon (n.): 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 (n.) : All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler effect (n.): 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.
And the pick of the literature:
18. Ignoranus (n.): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.