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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:
Intaxication Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
Reintarnation Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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.
Foreploy Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of.... you know.
Cashtration n. The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
Giraffiti Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
Sarchasm The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
Inoculatte To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Hipatitis Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
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 total bummer.
Decafalon n. The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
Glibido All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Arachnoleptic fit n. The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
Beelzebug n. Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
Caterpallor n. The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
Ignoranus A person who's both stupid and...
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