The Washington Post's Style 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: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until
you realize it was your money to start with.
2 Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3 Bozone: The substance surrounding stupid people, which stops
bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately,
shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4 Foreploy: any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
5 Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
6 Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
7 Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.
8 Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
9 Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
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: 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: The frantic dance performed just after you've
accidentally walked through a spider web.
16: Beelzebug: Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17 Caterpallor: The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
fruit you're eating. |
