*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.*
*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.*Intaxicaton* : Euphoria at getting a tax
refund, which lasts until you realize it was
your money to start with.
3.*Reintarnation* : Coming back to life as a
hillbilly.
4.*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.
5.*Giraffiti* : Vandalism spray-painted very,
very high
6.***_Sarchasm_*: The gulf between the author
of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't
get it.
7.*Inoculatte* : To take coffee intravenously
when you are running late.
8.*Osteopornosis* : A degenerate disease.
(This one got extra credit.)
9.*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.
10.*Decafalon* (n.): The grueling event of
getting through the day consuming only things
that are good for you.
11.*Dopeler Effect*: The tendency of stupid
ideas to seem smarter when they come at you
rapidly.
12.*Arachnoleptic Fit* (n.): The frantic dance
performed just after you've accidentally
walked through a spider web.
13.*Beelzebug* (n.): Satan in the form of a
mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three
in the morning and cannot be cast out.
14.*Caterpallor* ( n.): The color you turn
after finding half a worm in the fruit you're
eating.
*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..*Negligent*, adj. Absentmindedly answering
the door when wearing only a nightgown.
6.*Lymph*, v.. To walk with a lisp.
7.*Gargoyle*, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
8.*Flatulence*, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up
someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
9.*Balderdash*, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
10.*Rectitude*, n. The formal, dignified
bearing adopted by proctologists.
11.*Pokemon*, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
12.*Oyster*, n. A person who sprinkles his
conversation with Yiddishisms.
13.*Frisbeetarianism*, n. The belief that,
after death, the soul flies up onto the roof
and gets stuck there.
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