(Literally laughed out loud at that one.)
From my email:
The Contest:
The Washington Post recently published a contest for readers
in which they were asked to supply alternate meanings for various
words.
The following were some of the winning entries:
Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent
Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have
gained.
Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you
absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie.
Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. >
Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.
Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you
are run over by a steamroller.
Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a
proctologist immediately before he examines you.
Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish
expressions.
Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
Frisbiatarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul
goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.
The Washington Post's Style Invitational also 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 some recent
winners:
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
reader who doesn't get it.
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very high.
Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
obtaining sex.
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously.
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.
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.
Glibido: All talk and no action.
Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
they come at you rapidly.
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the Taxation
Office, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid AND an asshole. |
